Medieval Christians held that true devotion and unchastity were mutually exclusive
Evidence
It has never come gratefully to Christian minds that in Islam incontinence, and even unchastity, can come together with prayer and devotion. The theme of false monachism was surprisingly widespread. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1189 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Medieval Christians could not accept that devotion and unchastity could coexist in Islam — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1189
Related
- Medieval Christians could not accept that devotion and unchastity could coexist in Islam (similarity 0.95)
- Medieval Christians interpreted Muslim prayer as corrupted monachism. (similarity 0.85)
- Medieval Christians recognized Islam as morally demanding, not merely permissive (similarity 0.81)
- Medieval attacks on Islam centered on its denial of chastity and reason (similarity 0.80)
- Medieval theologians neutralized Muslim success by holding it a just chastisement of Christian sin (similarity 0.80)
- Medieval Christian shock targeted Islamic toleration of sins more than the sins themselves (similarity 0.80)
- Medieval Christians found Muhammad’s stated pleasures profoundly scandalous (similarity 0.79)
- Medieval Christians under Muslim rule found apostasy tempting for worldly gain (similarity 0.79)
- Medieval Christians misread Islamic concubinage as unregulated promiscuity (similarity 0.79)
- Medieval Christian writers recognized Islam shared their moral precepts (similarity 0.79)
- Medieval Christians avoided studying Islamic ritual because it drew no easy condemnation. (similarity 0.79)
- Mutual incomprehension over prayer style blocked Christian-Muslim doctrinal exchange. (similarity 0.78)
- Medieval Christians understood Islam only as a distorted copy of Christianity (similarity 0.78)
- Medieval Christians missed Islam’s consciously unpriestly religious structure. (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Medieval Christians could not accept that devotion and unchastity could coexist in Islam
#expands(0.95) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1189