I like this book a lot and it has been very useful in my research. This is a scholarly engagement in interfaith dialogue but written in a style that is very readable and therefore accessible to a wide readership. What the female scholars of monotheistic faiths have in common here is their feminist approach to… Read More Daughters of Abraham
Maria Rosa Menocal writes a gripping and colourful story of Al-Andalus (Muslim Spain) in a style that makes it difficult to put down this book. Meticulously researched it nevertheless reads like a good novel. It is not a dry history but a series of vignettes that illustrate the amazing diversity and extraordinary juxtapositions of life… Read More The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain
