The Interface of Culture, Religion, and Liberty in Islam and Christianity
ABSTRACT
This conference focused on the interface of culture, religion, and liberty in Islam and Christianity. Considering the expansion of Islam from North Africa to the South Pacific, we used the occasion to explore the possible reasons for the success of that expansion and then, having discussed those events, moved to issues of the Western influences in Islamic countries.
READING LIST
Conference Readings
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Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1999.
Hoyland, Robert G.. Arabia and the Arabs. London: Routledge, 2001.
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Robinson, David. Muslim Societies in African History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Watt, W. Montgomery. Islam and the Integration of Society. London: Routledge, 1961.