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American Evangelicals Conflicted on Islam

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Bloomsbury Advances in Religious Studies

American Evangelicals

Conflicted on Islam

Ashlee Quosigk | Amy L. Allocco | Bettina E. Schmidt | Steven J. Sutcliffe

Social Science / Sociology of Religion

Ashlee Quosigk explores the diversity of opinions within the largest religious group in the US – Evangelical Christians – on the topic of Islam.

Evangelicals are often characterized as monolithically antagonistic toward Muslims. This book challenges that stereotype, exposing the sharp divides that exist among Evangelicals on Islam and examines why there is division. Drawing on qualitative research on two congregations in the US, as well as on popular Evangelical leaders, this book details the surprisingly diverse views Evangelicals hold on Muhammad, the Qur'an, interfaith dialogue, syncretism, and politics. This research is invaluable for providing a better understanding of what Evangelicals think, and why.

This book also offers insight into why conflict exists and why Evangelicals differ, while advancing culture war theory and qualitative methods. Specifically, it explores differences in moral authority (assumptions that guide one's perceptions of the world) among Evangelicals and explains how these differences influence their views on Islam. The findings are relevant to religious relations worldwide as everyone appeals to moral authority, irrespective of their geographic location.

Ashlee Quosigk is Visiting Scholar at the University of Georgia, USA. She writes with an interdisciplinary perspective about Christianity, Islam, conservative-progressive divides, and issues of conflicting moral authority. She is the author of One Faith No Longer: The Transformation of Christianity in Red and Blue America (2021).

Publication Date: 29 December 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-13: 9781350243231
Format: Paperback softback
Page Count: 256
Weight (oz): 12.64

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