Eighteenth-Century Conservatism in Christianity and Islam: The Reverend and the Shaykh

This book examines the world of religious conservatism in Christianity and Islam through a comparison of two eighteenth-century traditionalist icons, Jonathan Edwards and Muḥammad Ibn ’Abd al-Wahhāb.

Ralph A. Leo is Assistant Professor at UAE University in Abu Dhabi and chairman of the iconic Kanad Hospital, birthplace of UAE president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed. He researches the interface of Christian and Islamic thought and the history of medicine and healthcare in Arabia.