Hello, I'm a scholar, author, and editor. As a historian of religious thought, I write about Christian-Muslim relations and like to think about the ways people interact and identify their communities. As Research Associate at the Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies (Oxford), I also consult, practice, and promote Christian-Muslim dialogue. My creative writing can be found at Flâneur with a Fist.
I live with my partner, our three children, and a Golden Retriever. Together, we explore the beaches, headlands, and redwood forests near our home in northern California. On Saturdays we gather around the wood-fired oven for pizza. Scenes from normal life appear infrequently on Instagram.
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Charles Tieszen, FRHistS, PhD A full CV is available upon request, as are copies of most pieces of writing.
Hello, I'm a scholar, author, and editor. As a historian of religious thought, I write about Christian-Muslim relations and like to think about the ways people interact and identify their communities. As Research Associate at the Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies (Oxford), I also consult, practice, and promote Christian-Muslim dialogue. My creative writing can be found at Flâneur with a Fist.
I live with my partner, our three children, and a...
An article in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations 35/2 (April 2024) 169–81 (available upon request)
In the late-eighth century, the East-Syrian Patriarch Timothy I participated in a debate with the ‘Abbāsid Caliph al-Mahdī. During their discussion, Timothy responded to a question about how he understood the Prophet Muḥammad. His answer is now...
This book offers a fresh appraisal of Muhammad that considers the widest possible history of the ways in which Christians have assessed his prophethood.
To medieval Christian communities, Muhammad-the leader of a religious and political community that grew quickly and with relative success-was an enigma. Did God really send him as a prophet with...
Christian-Muslim Relations, Volume 15, Thematic Essays (600-1600) is a further volume in a general history of relations between the two faiths from the 7th century to the early 20th century. The chapters within it illustrate the range, complexity, and dynamics of interaction between the two faiths during the first thousand years of encounter....
