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The influence of inter-cultural engagement on the perceptions of mendicant friars in the Thirteenth Century concerning Islam and Muslims
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Lette, R, The influence of inter-cultural engagement on the perceptions of mendicant friars in the Thirteenth Century concerning Islam and Muslims, Medieval Encounters, 23, (6) pp. 479-507. ISSN 1380-7854 (2017) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1163/15700674-12340008
Abstract
A commonly accepted interpretation of how Christians and Muslims perceived and responded to each other during the medieval period remains elusive. While broad surveys have established the existence of dominant perspectives and trends, smaller-scale studies are revealing that responses could be much more complex and nuanced. This article attempts to negotiate a middle ground to examine the perceptions of Islam and Muslims of three mendicant friars. The study demonstrates that direct encounters with Muslims, and their customs, practices, and beliefs, or active engagement with Greco-Arabic philosophy, or both, provided these three men with new means to rationalise the reality of Islam and its followers, breaking the bonds of traditional ideological responses and enabling them to produce novel and more informed perspectives on both. It indicates the potential impact that inter-cultural engagement may have had on the inter-religious perceptions of mendicant friars in the latter part of the thirteenth century.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Christian-Muslim relations, Dominicans, Franciscans, Mendicants, inter-cultural engagement |
Research Division: | Philosophy and Religious Studies |
Research Group: | Religious studies |
Research Field: | Religious studies not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in philosophy and religious studies |
UTAS Author: | Lette, R (Dr Rickie Lette) |
ID Code: | 123034 |
Year Published: | 2017 |
Deposited By: | Office of the School of Humanities |
Deposited On: | 2017-12-12 |
Last Modified: | 2018-08-28 |
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