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Book Title: Islamic Reformism and Christianity

Book Subtitle: A Critical Reading of the Works of Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā and His
Associates (1898-1935)
Book Author(s): Umar Ryad
Published by: Brill
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 Islamic Reformism and Christianity

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 History of
Christian-Muslim
Relations

Editorial Board
David Thomas, University of Birmingham
Tarif Khalidi, American University of Beirut
Gerrit Jan Reinink, University of Groningen
Mark Swanson, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

VOLUME 12

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Islamic Reformism and
Christianity
A Critical Reading of the Works of
Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā and His Associates
(1898-1935)

By

Umar Ryad

LEIDEN • BOSTON
2009

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 This is an open access title distributed under the terms of the CC-BY-NC License,
which permits any non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any
medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
An electronic version of this book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries
working with Knowledge Unlatched. More information about the initiative can be
found at www.knowledgeunlatched.org.

Cover illustration: A photo of Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā (1865-1935), to be found among his
private papers in Cairo (no date). In the background shadow of the detail of the front-page of
the first volume of al-Manār.
Christians and Muslims have been involved in exchanges over matters of faith and morality
since the founding of Islam. Attitudes between the faiths today are deeply coloured by the
legacy of past encounters, and often preserve centuries-old negative views.
The History of Christian-Muslim Relations, Texts and Studies presents the surviving record of
past encounters in authoritative, fully introduced text editions and annotated translations, and
also monograph and collected studies. It illustrates the development in mutual perceptions
as these are contained in surviving Christian and Muslim writings, and makes available the
arguments and rhetorical strategies that, for good or for ill, have left their mark on attitudes
today. The series casts light on a history marked by intellectual creativity and occasional
breakthroughs in communication, although, on the whole beset by misunderstanding and
misrepresentation. By making this history better known, the series seeks to contribute to
improved recognition between Christians and Muslims in the future.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ryad, Umar.
  Islamic reformism and Christianity : a critical reading of the works of Muḥammad Rashīd
Riḍā and his associates (1898-1935) / by Umar Ryad.
   p. cm. — (History of Christian-Muslim Relations; v. 12))
  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 Manarists 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.
  ISBN 978-90-04-17911-0 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Islamic renewal. 2. Muḥammad
Rashīd Riḍā. 3. Manār (Cairo, Egypt: 1898) 4. Christianity and other religions. I. Title.
II. Series.
  BP60.R93 2009
  297.2’83092—dc22
2009027842

ISSN 1570-7350
ISBN 978 90 04 179110
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