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Church History of Travancore /
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Church history in Kerala has a rich past. Right from the formation of Syriac Christianity till the arrival of Western Christianity in the early modern period such as the Latin Catholic Church and Protestant denominations. This comprehensive volume on church history in the Travancore region covers the discussion on pioneer missionaries who conducted their activities with the details of each church. It also contains certain unpublished documents in the form of missionaries' letters, official reports, and records. The book contains four parts. The first part contains a description of the Syriac churches of Malabar such as the Church of the East, Jacobite, and Malankara Syrian Church. Details of the famous episodes such as the Synod of Diamper, the intrusion of Latinization in Syrian Churches, the Coonan Cross Oath, and the expansion of the Jacobite Church, etc., are discussed in this part. The second part contains the missionary history under the Roman Catholic Church in Travancore under St. Francis Xavier and other Catholic missionaries. The third section covers the missions under Protestant denominations. And lastly, the final section comprises Christian literature published by Latin, Protestant, and Syriac churches, and Christian monuments in the Travancore region.
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1 online resource (1496 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004751200
Defending the "people of truth" in the early Islamic period : the Christian apologies of Abū Rā̕̕iṭah /
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The apologetical writings of the Jacobite Christian, Abū Rā'iṭah al-Takrītī († c. 835) have remained relatively unknown in Western scholarship. Yet his engagement with Muslim questions about Christianity provides a significant insight into the theological debate between the two communities in the early ʿAbbāsid period. Abū Rā'iṭah's treatises take up many of the topics that become standard for Christian-Muslim apologetics: proofs of the true religion, the Trinity, the Incarnation, and Christian practices. In each case, he provides his reader with complex arguments in defense of Christian doctrines that can be used to convince both Muslims and wavering Christians of the truth of Christianity. This new Arabic edition and English translation seeks to contextualize Abū Rā'iṭah's important writings and to make the original texts available to modern scholars interested in all aspects of the early development of Muslim-Christian relations.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-365) and index. :
9789047408550 :
1570-7350 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.