• Nicholas of Cusa and Martin Luther on Islam 

  Euler, Walter Andreas (UCOPress, 2019)

  The article compares for the first time Luther‘s reflections on Islam with Cusanus‘s. Both thinkers didn‘t engage in Islam on their own initiative, but because they were prompted by political developments. ...

• Erasmus’ attitude toward Islam in light of Nicholas of Cusa’s De pace fidei and Cribratio Alkorani 

  Ron, Nathan (UCOPress, 2019)

  Reading Nicolas of Cusa’s works on Islam reveals a sharp distinction between his De pace fidei (1453) with its tolerant attitude and his Cribratio Alkorani (1461) with its much less tolerant approach. Some eight ...

• Juan de Torquemada, Nicholas of Cusa and Pius II on the Islamic Promise of Paradise 

  Izbicki, Thomas M. (UCOPress, 2019)

  Western Christianity had a long history of polemics against Islam. That included rejecting Muhammad’s idea of paradise as excessively «carnal». In the mid-15th century, three members of the Roman curia ...

• Throwing the Book at Them: John of Segovia’s Use of the Qur’an 

  Mann, Jesse (UCOPress, 2019)

  This essay investigates how Juan de Segovia (d. 1458) used the Qur’ān in his engagement with Islam. The essay has three principal aims. First, it identifies certain distinctive aspects of Segovia’s use of the ...

• "Eum mori oportebat" in Nicholas of Cusa’s Glosses of the Alkoranus Latinus (Vat Lat. 4071) 

  Martínez Gázquez, José (UCOPress, 2019)

  Nicolás de Cusa redactó dos conjuntos de glosas que comentan importantes temas del Alkoranus Latinus, la primera traducción del Corán, que tradujo Robert de Ketton en el año 1143 en la Península Ibérica. El primer grupo ...

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