Shifting Landscapes: Christian Apologetics and the Gradual Restriction of Dhimmī Social-Religious Liberties from the Arab-Muslim Conquests to the Abbasid Era
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[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Michael J. Rozek
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Schmitz, Philip C.; Knight, John L.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Eastern Michigan University
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2017
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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136
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-47903-4
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
M.A.
Discipline of degree
History
Body granting the degree
Eastern Michigan University
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2017
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This historical research study explores the changes of conquered Christians' social-religious liberties from the first interactions between Christians and Arab-Muslims during the conquests c. A.D. 630 through the the 'Abbasid era c. A.D. 850. Examining the development of Christian apologetic interaction over time and its effect within Muslim communities, apologetic dialogue and disputation generated a serious concern of apostasy in the Islamic Empire in which later Islamic legal scholars particularly emphasized and restricted Christian apologetics and evangelical actions in universal Islamic law codes, altering Christian social-religious living. This thesis suggests that Christian social-religious liberties did not immediately begin in conflict or legal restraint, but rather gradually developed and became restricted over time because Christians pressed in, crossed over, and challenged the religious beliefs of Islamic confessional communities, potentially prompting Arab-Muslims to convert to Christianity.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Middle Eastern history
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Subject Term
Social sciences;Apologetics;Christian muslim relations;Dhimmi;Islamic law;Late antiquity