Christian Monastic Life in Early Islam

Explores the relationship between monastic communities and Muslim society in the early centuries of Islam Presents a survey of Christian monastic life under Muslim political hegemony Explores the reasons behind Muslim latitude towards, and support of, Christian monasteries Draws on a variety of medieval Syriac, Greek and Arabic texts as well as modern scholarship Shows how core spiritual values, embodied in the monastic tradition, helped to facilitate an ecumenical environment in the early Islam