Islamic scholarship by Christian academics reframed Islam as a shared spiritual enterprise

Evidence

One of the greatest Islamic scholars to-day, Sir Hamilton Gibb, writes of Islam explicitly as a Christian ‘engaged in a common spiritual enterprise’. Something similar must be said of the great personal influence of Massignon. Meanwhile Pére abd al-Jalil has gone further, with his studies of Islamic spiritual movements, and with his little book called Marve et l’ Islam. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1740

Categorization

• XREF: Complicates the vault’s Anidjar/Aziz thread by showing a counter-tradition of Christian scholars who claimed kinship with rather than constitutive opposition to Islam. — connects to: Medieval Christian writers recognized Islam shared their moral precepts — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1128; Christian scholars read the Qur’an to argue it leans toward Christian orthodoxy — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2246; Orientalists reframed Islam to fit Christian theological categories — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 291 (+1 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1740

Broader Connections

• Christian scholars read the Qur’an to argue it leans toward Christian orthodoxy #exemplifies (0.85) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2246
• Orientalists reframed Islam to fit Christian theological categories #exemplifies (0.80) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 291
• Medieval Christian writers recognized Islam shared their moral precepts #corroborates (0.78) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1128
• Christians can study Islam as attractive without surrendering their own beliefs #expands (0.75) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1745