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Coercive Force in Early Arabic True Religion Apologies
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This paper will query the extent to which the True Religion Apologies of the Jacobite theologian Abū Rāʾiṭa al-Takrītī (d. c. 835) and Nestorian theologian ʿAmmār al-Baṣrī (d. after 838) offer a coherent understanding of the relationship between religion and coercive force. Attention is given both to the ‘true religion’ apologies themselves, and also, concerning Abū Rāʾiṭa, to his “Refutation of the Melkites Concerning the Union” (III).
Date:
13 October 2025, 14:30
Venue:
Seminar Room 56 (hybrid seminar), Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
Speaker:
Dr Steven Firmin (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
Organisers:
Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies Oxford,
TORCH (University of Oxford )
Organiser contact email address:
office@cmcsoxford.org.uk
Hosts:
Steven Firmin,
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Part of:
The Impact of Islam on Christian Political Theology 622 to 1453
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f6fd93d1-4b44-4964-8bf5-2ebd51219ba5@cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91
Booking email:
office@cmcsoxford.org.uk
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Richard McCallum
