The Western Perception of Islam between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: The Work of Nicholas of Cusa Author: Marica Costigliolo Retail Price: $27.00 Our Price: $27.00 Save: 0.00 (0.00%) Availability: In Stock        In the Middle Ages, as Christian sources on the Islamic world show, Muslim culture was perceived as extremely threatening: there were many defenses of Christianity, like the treatise on the “mistakes” of the followers of Allah. This book shows, through an analysis of the works of Nicholas of Cusa and of other authors, that in the course of time this textual attitude was modified, as European authors aimed to point out the Christian truth in comparison with the “falsity” of Islamic theology, in order to reinforce Christian identity through the presupposition of its own absolute truth. The apologetic aim was gradually replaced by a systematic comparison based on partial translations of the Qur’an. The comparison with the “other” was also the basis for reinforcing identity, in order to demonstrate the truth and consequently the supremacy of one’s own theoretical position. Similar Items you may enjoy! The Western Perception of Islam Between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Author: Marica Costigliolo and Cary J. Nederman Our Price: $42.30 Nicholas of Cusa: Selected Spiritual Writings (Classics of Western Spirituality) Author: H. Lawrence Bond Our Price: $26.96 On Faith, Rationality, and the Other in the Late Middle Ages:: A Study of Nicholas of Cusa's Manuductive Approach to Islam - eBook Author: Gergely Tibor Bakos and Paul Richard Blum Our Price: $23.10 Faces of Muhammad: Western Perceptions of the Prophet of Islam from the Middle Ages to Today Author: John Tolan Our Price: $40.00

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