RT Article
T1 The Swiss reformers Zwingli, Bullinger and Bibliander and their attitude to Islam (1520-1560)
JF Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
VO 6
IS 2
SP 229
OP 254
A1 Vehlow, Katja
LA English
YR 1995
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/596649924
AB The sixteenth century, the time of the Reformation in Europe, seems to be far away from modern times. Its thought seems to have lost any significance in today's world. However, as the wars in the former Yugoslavia show, prejudice and resentments can be kept alive for centuries to emerge whenever the situation is ripe again. Sixteenth‐century reformers and their writings had a lasting impact on the movements that they initiated. This is well‐known in the case of Martin Luther and his attitude towards the Jews. During the regime of the Nazis in Germany, his anti‐Jewish writings were re‐discovered and his arguments were used to justify the persecutions and killings of Jews. But it was not only Martin Luther who published polemical works. Writing against one's enemy was a kind of sport in the sixteenth century. Insults and swear words were commonly used on a scale that is somewhat embarrassing to modern ears. But what did sixteenth‐century reformers actually think or know about Islam? This paper looks at the Zurich reformers Huldrych Zwingli, Heinrich Bullinger and Theodor Bibliander and their response to Islam.
K1 Reformierte Kirchen
K1 Schweiz
K1 Zwingli,Ulrich
K1 Luther,Martin
K1 Islam
K1 Türkenkriege
K1 Literaturverzeichnis/Bibliographie
K1 Reformed Churches
K1 Switzerland
K1 Turkish Wars
K1 Bibliography