Infidels (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Andrew Wheatcroft
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1571-2003
- Setting: Turkey, Greece, Spain, Italy, France, England, Morocco, and Jerusalem
- Principal Characters: Abraham Lincoln, George W. Bush, General William G. Boykin, Dr. Mahathir bin Mohammad, Osama bin Laden
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: Islam, Twenty-first century, Religion, Christianity, Muslims, Sixteenth century, East and West, Jewish-Arab relations, Toleration, Arabs, Crusades, Hatred
- Locales: France, Spain, England, Italy, Jerusalem, Greece, Morocco, Turkey
In this comprehensive study of Christianity and Islam, Andrew Wheatcroft views the split between the two religious philosophies from a Western perspective, emphasizing the Western response to Islam, while charging that the Christians are essentially ignorant of Islamic culture. He deplores the overall brutality of Christianity in the name of religion, as evidenced by the Crusades. His study is extensively documented with forty-nine pages of notes, twenty pages of bibliography, and seventeen pages of cogent illustrations.
The author acknowledges that the scope and breadth of his...
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