Islam and the west: Two dialectical fantasies

Journal of Religion in Europe

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-33

  Nirenberg, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabic poetry; Christianity; Europe; Islam; Middle Ages; Occidentalism; Orientalism; Pluralism; Pope Benedict XVI; Religious polemics

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449171858     PISSN: 18748910     EISSN: 18748929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187489208X285459     Document Type: Article

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