Eighteenth-Century Conservatism in Christianity and Islam

Auteur

Ralph A. Leo is Assistant Professor at UAE University in Abu Dhabi and chairman of the iconic Kanad Hospital, birthplace of UAE president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed. He researches the interface of Christian and Islamic thought and the history of medicine and healthcare in Arabia.

Résumé
This book examines the world of religious conservatism in Christianity and Islam through a comparison of two eighteenth-century traditionalist icons, Jonathan Edwards and Mu?ammad Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab.

Contenu

Introduction 1. Backgrounds: Eighteenth-Century New England and Najd 2. Trinity and Tawd 3. Of God and Man 4. Speaking of Others Conclusion