The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain
María Rosa Menocal, Little, Brown and Company Publishing, 2002
Just when we most need its memory and reassurance, Maria Rosa Menocal offers us her gift of al-Andalus. In her splendid retelling of the rise and fall of the great Muslim civilization of Spain, the magical and the trigic mingle, as inspiration and warning. For all those who believe that religion still has a role to play in helping humanity heal and evolve, this is essential reading.
