Christian–Muslim disputations

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Christian–Muslim relations apologetic literature interreligious polemics medieval literature genre polemical literature religious disputations

Christian–Muslim disputations are medieval and early modern polemical and apologetic debates in which Christian and Muslim thinkers argued over doctrines, scripture, and religious truth.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian–Muslim relations ⓘ apologetic literature ⓘ interreligious polemics ⓘ medieval literature genre ⓘ polemical literature ⓘ religious disputations ⓘ
aim	convert opponents ⓘ defend Christian doctrine ⓘ defend Islamic doctrine ⓘ refute opposing religion ⓘ
context	Crusades NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman–European relations ⓘ Reconquista NERFINISHED ⓘ expansion of Islamic empires ⓘ
continuedUntil	17th century ⓘ
earliestAttested	8th century ⓘ
feature	appeals to miracles ⓘ mutual accusations of textual corruption ⓘ occasional use of satire ⓘ rhetorical invective ⓘ use of comparative scriptural quotations ⓘ
form	dialogue literature ⓘ letters ⓘ oral debates ⓘ question-and-answer texts ⓘ written treatises ⓘ
influenced	early modern Orientalist writings ⓘ later missionary literature ⓘ modern Christian–Muslim dialogue ⓘ
mainParticipants	Christian polemicists ⓘ Christian theologians ⓘ Muslim polemicists ⓘ Muslim theologians ⓘ jurists ⓘ missionaries ⓘ
method	citation of authorities ⓘ philosophical argumentation ⓘ scriptural exegesis ⓘ use of Aristotelian logic ⓘ
relatedTo	Christian–Jewish disputations ⓘ Islamic apologetics ⓘ Islamic–Jewish polemics ⓘ medieval Christian apologetics ⓘ
setting	Islamic courts NERFINISHED ⓘ monasteries ⓘ public assemblies ⓘ royal courts ⓘ
timePeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ early modern period ⓘ
topic	Incarnation ⓘ Trinity ⓘ abrogation ⓘ crucifixion of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ divinity of Christ ⓘ doctrinal differences ⓘ law and salvation ⓘ original sin ⓘ prophethood of Muhammad ⓘ reliability of the Bible ⓘ scriptural authority ⓘ status of the Qur’an ⓘ use of reason in theology ⓘ
typicalLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Greek ⓘ Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ Persian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkish ⓘ

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Theological and philosophical dialogues → hasPart → Christian–Muslim disputations ⓘ