Download or read book The Encounter of Eastern Christianity With Early Islam written by Emmanouela Grypeou and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2006 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions in this volume deal with crucial subjects of political and theological dialogue and controversy that characterized the varying responses of the Christian communities in the Byzantine Eastern provinces to the Islamic conquest and its subsequent impact on Byzantine society and history.