TY - BOOK AU - Bennett,Clinton TI - Victorian Images of Islam T2 - Gorgias Islamic Studies SN - 9781607246732 PY - 2014///] CY - Piscataway, NJ : PB - Gorgias Press, KW - HISTORY / Middle East / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Abbreviations --; Preface --; 1. Introduction: Images in the Making --; 2. Charles Forster 1787-1871 --; 3. John Frederick Denison Maurice 1805-1872 --; 4. Reginald Bosworth Smith 1839-1908 --; 5. Sir William Muir 1819-1905 --; 6. William St Clair Tisdall 1859-1928 --; 7. John Drew Bate 1836-1923 --; 8. Conclusion: Dare to Know --; Appendix. The Taylor Controversy: A Critique of Nineteenth-Century Mission --; Selected Bibliography --; Index; restricted access N2 - Victorian perceptions of Islam were not monochrome; some saw beyond stereotypical images, others reproduced them. In this study, the accounts of six Victorians outline the contrast of the two perceptions. It suggests that presuppositions, not encounters per se, determine how we see cultural and religious others UR - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463222567 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781463222567 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781463222567/original ER -