
The Future of Interfaith Dialogue
Muslim-Christian Encounters through A Common Word
Cambridge University Press
Published on 30. August 2018
Book
Hardback
348 pages
978-1-107-13434-8 (ISBN)
Description
A Common Word Between Us and You (ACW) is an open letter, dated 13 October 2007, from leaders of the Islamic religion to those of the Christian religion. It calls for peace between Muslims and Christians and seeks common ground and understanding between both religions. This volume examines the document from a number of perspectives. Exploring the events that led to ACW, it provides an overview of responses to the document and its use of scripture. It also relates the reception of ACW to several specific and contrasting contexts, and recommends new avenues for ACW-inspired discussion. Advancing debate and dialogue between Jews, Muslims and Christians, this volume promotes a distinctive methodology for inter-religious studies, and serves as an invaluable resource for students and scholars of theology and religious studies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
661 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-13434-8 (9781107134348)
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Yazid Said | Lejla Demiri
The Future of Interfaith Dialogue
Muslim-Christian Encounters through A Common Word
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Persons
Yazid Said is Lecturer in Islam at Liverpool Hope University and an Anglican priest. A scholar of medieval Muslim political and legal thought, he is the author of Ghazali's Politics in Context (2013). Lejla Demiri is Professor of Islamic Doctrine at the Centre for Islamic Theology, Eberhard Karls Universitaet, Tuebingen. Her research explores Muslim-Christian theological encounters. She is the author of Muslim Exegesis of the Bible in Medieval Cairo: Najm al-Din al Tufi's Commentary on the Christian Scriptures (2013).
Content
Part I. The Inception of A Common Word: 1. The inception of a common word Tim Winter; 2. From intra-religious to interreligious dialogue: the Amman message as a precursor and companion to the a common word initiative Jonathan Kearney; 3. A common word leading to uncommon dialogue Michael Louis Fitzgerald; Part II. Responses to A Common Word: 4. A common word for the common good Rowan Williams; 5. The world in which we respond to God's word Ingrid Mattson; 6. Love of neighbour in the face of religious trauma Reuven Firestone; 7. An overview of Christian responses to a common word Sarah Snyder; 8. Seeking humility and self-critique: a Christological analysis of a common word Peter Admirand; Part III. The Scriptures and A Common Word (A Critical Reading of the Use of Scriptures in the ACW Document): 9. The protocol of interfaith dialogue: Qur'anic imperatives in a globalizing world Asma Afsaruddin; 10. Our next word in common: Mea Culpa? Daniel A. Madigan; 11. A common word or a word of justice? Two Qur'anic approaches to Christian-Muslim dialogue Pim Valkenberg; 12. The use of Christian scripture in a common word Clare Amos; Part IV. Reception of A Common Word: 13. A common word as potentially reflected in different languages Rusmir Mahmutcehajic; 14. 'Love thy neighbour': a moral imperative? Mustafa Abu Sway; 15. 'An unknown word': reflections on the reception of a common word in Germany Matthias Boehm; 16. Taking inspiration from a common word for a musical dialogue Amir Dastmalchian; Part V. A Common Word and the Future: 17. A common word as contextual theology Marianne Farina; 18. A common word and Abu ?amid al-Ghazali's love of God Yazid Said; 19. Epilogue Yazid Said.