Christian Identity amid Islam in Medieval Spain

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Christian Identity amid Islam in Medieval Spain is written by Charles L. Tieszen and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004192298 (ISBN 10) and 9789004192294 (ISBN 13).

In Christian Identity amid Islam in Medieval Spain Charles L. Tieszen explores a small corpus of texts from medieval Spain in an effort to deduce how their authors defined their religious identity in light of Islam, and in turn, how they hoped their readers would distinguish themselves from the Muslims in their midst. It is argued that the use of reflected self-image as a tool for interpreting Christian anti-Muslim polemic allows such texts to be read for the self-image of their authors instead of the image of just those they attacked. As such, polemic becomes a set of borders authors offered to their communities, helping them to successfully navigate inter-religious living.