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Shifting Landscapes: Christian Apologetics And The Gradual Restriction Of Dhimmi Social Religious Liberties From The Arab-Muslim Conquests To The Abbasid Era, Michael J. Rozek
Shifting Landscapes: Christian Apologetics And The Gradual Restriction Of Dhimmi Social Religious Liberties From The Arab-Muslim Conquests To The Abbasid Era, Michael J. Rozek
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
This historical research study explores the changes of conquered Christians’ social-religious liberties from the first interactions between Christians and Arab-Muslims during the conquests c. A.D. 630 through the the ‘Abbasid era c. A.D. 850. Examining the development of Christian apologetic interaction over time and its effect within Muslim communities, apologetic dialogue and disputation generated a serious concern of apostasy in the Islamic Empire in which later Islamic legal scholars particularly emphasized and restricted Christian apologetics and evangelical actions in universal Islamic law codes, altering Christian social-religious living. This thesis suggests that Christian social-religious liberties did not immediately begin in conflict …