{"product_id":"the-beginnings-of-christian-theology-sidney-h-griffith-9780860788898","title":"The Beginnings of Christian Theology in Arabic: Muslim-Christian Encounters in the Early Islamic Period","description":"The articles in this collection complement those in Professor Griffith's previous volume, Arabic Christianity in the Monasteries of 9th-Century Palestine, studying the first efforts of Christians living in the early Islamic world to respond to the religious challenges of Islam. In particular, the author shows how Christian apologists who wrote in Arabic adopted in defense of Christian doctrines the modes of discourse (kalam) then employed by Muslim controversialists (mutakallimun) to advance the claims of Islam. The writers whose works are studied here developed a truly Christian 'ilm al-kalam, that is to say a science of defending Christianity in an Arabic idiom borrowed largely from Muslims.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sidney H. Griffith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 086078889X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780860788898\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.00d","brand":"Sidney H. Griffith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46962041127167,"sku":"9780860788898","price":240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_878ce093-11e2-48ec-a3a7-2c65b3d44dee.jpg?v=1750649144","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-beginnings-of-christian-theology-sidney-h-griffith-9780860788898","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}