The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam

Eliza Griswold

ISBN 10: 1441753621 ISBN 13: 9781441753625

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks, 2010

Synopsis

Through a series of true stories about the region where Islam and Christianity collide, the author examines the complex relationships of religion, land and oil, among other resources; local conflicts and global ideology; and politics and contemporary martyrdom, both Islamic and Christian. Simultaneous.

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From the Back Cover

The tenth parallel, the line of latitude seven hundred miles north of the equator, is the defining metaphor of our time. An ideological front line stretching across two continents and nineteen countries, this is where Christianity and Islam collide. The stories of The Tenth Parallel examine the complex relationships of religion, land, and oil, among other resources; local conflicts and global ideology; and politics and contemporary martyrdom, both Islamic and Christian. This visionary work of literary nonfiction will set the agenda for the way we think about religion and our shared future and how we divide our dwindling resources. The Tenth Parallel is a timely and essential examination of the relationship between faith and violence in the contemporary world.

About the Author

Eliza Griswold, a fellow at the New America Foundation, received a 2010 Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome. Her journalism has appeared in the Atlantic, New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, and Harper's Magazine, among others. A 2007 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, she was awarded the first Robert I. Friedman Award for investigative reporting. A collection of her poems, Wideawake Field, was published in 2007.

Edition details

• Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1441753621
• ISBN 13: 9781441753625
• Binding: Audio CD
• Language: English