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This dissertation examines medieval Christian images of Muslims and their influence on later European attitudes toward Islam and Turks. It elaborates a theory of collective identity as the dramatic or theatrical performance of a socially constructed collective Self that can be a…

Scholars commonly argue that the unity of modern Europe was anticipated by the medieval religious community of Latin Christendom. This study examines the meaning of Latin Christian identity from the ninth to the thirteenth centuries viewed through one particular lens: the divisi…

This dissertation explores connections between geography and missiology to understand territoriality in Christian faith and mission. Andrew Walls and Lamin Sanneh have stated that because Christendom has ended, Christianity is no longer territorial. To evaluate Walls’ and Sanneh…