convivencia (convivencia)

(Language: Spanish)

Short Description: Coexistence and co-habitation

Long Description: Coexistence and co-habitation; used in the context of medieval Andalusia, it refers to the historical experience of religious-cultural tolerance and coexistence between Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Spain during the eleventh and fourteenth centuries C.E.

Sources: Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition, edited by Dr. Joseph Lumbard