Title from disc surface. Narrated by Jeremy Irons ; starring Alexander McPherson, Zack Beyer, Eric Kramer, Erik Soulliard, Samuel Muriithi, Richard el Khazen. Wide screen. Includes over 30 minutes of bonus video: behind the scenes ; Jesus in the Islamic tradition ; medieval humanism in Islamic history ; new historical perspectives on the Crusades ; respect for religious minorities in Islam ; the Prophet Muhammad on peace and diplomacy ; rise of the Franciscan movement ; role of religion in conflict transformation ; social psychology of inter-group conflict ; world premiere.
Contents:
Preamble -- Call for a Crusade -- Brain on fire -- Two men of faith -- A new Crusade -- The crusaders arrive -- The battle -- The encounter -- Linked in prayer -- All is lost -- The Crusade ends -- The 99 names of God.
Summary:
Eight hundred years ago, Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt met on the bloody battlefields of the Crusades. Based on new research and scholarship about that fateful meeting, The Sultan and The Saint tells one of the great, lost stories from history as two men of faith fought against a century of war and distrust in a search for mutual respect and common ground.
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