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

from gayla.bassham

Fantastic writing. A lot of this is really interesting on a human level, but by the second half begins to feel a bit repetitive, and I'm not sure I learned a lot I didn't already know. Essentially, Christianity and Islam are clashing with each other pretty much everywhere. Fervent believers of on...

from MarkBeronte

The tenth parallel-the line of latitude seven hundred miles north of the equator-is a geographical and ideological front line where Christianity and Islam collide. More than half of the world's 1.3 billion Muslims live along the tenth parallel; so do sixty percent of the world's 2 billion Christi...

from norinrad10

This is a fascinating book. The book shares the authors observations about life in Asia and Africa along the 10th parallel. This is the region where Christians and Muslims interact most extensively. The tales are surreal and sobering. Religion is not just a subject of debate for these people but ...

from Sullywriter

Insightful, thoughful, interesting, and enlightening.

from KamGeb

A really interesting book about the developing world where the struggle between islam and christianity is being fought. The writer talked to many interesting people and has first person accounts that few people can get. She knows so much about the locations and there are so many interesting facts...