Republic of Arabic Letters

Alexander Bevilacqua shows that the Enlightenment effort to learn about Islam and its religious and intellectual traditions issued not from a secular agenda but from the scholarly commitments of a pioneering group of Catholic and Protestant Christians who cast aside inherited views and bequeathed a new understanding of Islam to the modern West.

Alexander Bevilacqua arata ca efortul iluminist de a invata despre Islam si despre traditiile sale religioase si intelectuale, nu provenit dintr-o agenda laica, ci din angajamentele stiintifice ale unui grup pionier de crestini catolici si protestanti care au lasat deoparte parerile mostenite si au lasat mostenirea unei noi intelegeri a Islamului vestul modern.