Norman Anderson and the Christian Mission to Modernize Islam

by Todd Thompson

Western Christians in the twentieth century viewed Islam through a lens of social and political concerns that would have appeared novel to their medieval and early-modern predecessors. Concerns about the predicament of secular 'modernity' infused Christian discourse with distinct assumptions that shaped engagement with Islam in fundamentally new ways.

J. N. D. (Norman) Anderson (1908-94), a highly influential British Christian scholar of Islam,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190697628
• ISBN13: 9780190697624
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.6"