Islamic reformism and Christianity
Subtitle: a critical reading of the works of Muhammad Rashid Rida and his associates (1898-1935)
By: by Umar Ryad.
Series: History of Christian-Muslim Relations
Publisher: Brill Leiden
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789004179110
Subjects: Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā; Manār (Cairo, Egypt : 1898); Islamic renewal; Christianity and other religions
Notes: No previous full-scale study has been undertaken so far to study the polemical writings of the Muslim reformist Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā (1865-1935) and his associates in his well-known journal al-Manār (The Lighthouse). The book focuses on the dynamics of Muslim understanding of Christianity during the late 19th and the early 20th century in the light of al-Manār's sources of knowledge, and its answers to the social, political and theological aspects of missionary movements in the Muslim World of Riḍā's age. The basis of the analysis encompasses the voluminous publications by Riḍā and other Manārists in his journal. Besides, it makes use of newly-discovered materials, including Riḍā's private papers, and some other remaining personal archives of some of his associates.

Includes bibliographical references and index.