Talk Islam » Crusades http://talkislam.info a crescent waxing eloquent Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:44:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en For those of you near an academic or sem … http://talkislam.info/2008/05/29/for-those-of-you-near-an-academic-or-sem/ http://talkislam.info/2008/05/29/for-those-of-you-near-an-academic-or-sem/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 12:44:21 +0000 Lawrence of Arabia http://talkislam.info/2008/05/29/for-those-of-you-near-an-academic-or-sem/ For those of you near an academic or seminary library, Thomas F O’Meara, O.P. has published a short article on William of Tripoli, O.P.. In William he finds someone in the Crusader States who was actually interested in encountering Islam on its own terms and attempting to provide a sympathetic account. William, according to O’Meara, saw Xty and Islam as convergent and part of a common via salvationis (way of salvation). See Thomas F. O’Meara, “The Theology and Times of William of Tripoli, O.P.: A Different View of Islam”, Theological Studies 69.1 (March 2008).

An introductory version of the same material can be found in a 2005 talk by O’Meara at Ohio Dominican, and can be seen here (see pp. 4 and 5 of the .pdf file).

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