Gilbert Dahan offers a compact overview of Jewish conditions in medieval Western Christendom, then moves to a discussion of the changing patterns of Christian-Jewish polemical confrontation. Dahan lays particular emphasis on the shift during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries from a fairly open exchange of views to a concerted Christian effort to convert the Jews. After establishing this context, Dahan analyzes the most common literary genres (including disputatio) in which these arguments were couched, their underlying structures and the most important recurring themes. This volume is particularly useful for its clear delineation of the historical phases of Christian polemicizing, its cogent analysis of key aspects of Christian polemical literature, and its rich citation of illustrative texts. Whether it be shared examination of the sacred texts or impassioned discussion over the theses belonging to each of the two religions, the Judeo-Christian "dispute" continued throughout the Middle Ages, and seems to be carried on in some way even in the Judeo-Christian dialogue of today.

Conflict Resolution will be of interest to people who deal with disputes - of whatever kind - including through mediation and alternative dispute resolution procedures. Contents What is Conflict? Strategies for Resolving Conflict Approach to the Territory Family Mediation Mediation Between Neighbours Restorative Justice Mediation in Schools Cross-Cultural and Multi-Faith Mediation Environmental Conflict David and Goliath The World of Work Training Academic Study and Research Issues for the Future Author Susan Stewart has taught conflict resolution and mediation and been involved in the development of innovative university courses covering these topics. She has published extensively in the education field, including works on adult learning. In recent years she has been engaged in mediation as a teacher, researcher and community consultant.

From the Crusades to the present day, the interrelationship between Islam and Christianity has been fraught with conflict, both theological and military. Yet events in 20th-century history, particularly the communications revolution, have meant that, after centuries of living in isolation from each other, Christians and Muslims find themselves participating in the same intellectual culture, and are having to review their assumptions about each other. In this work, Zebiri analyzes modern Muslim writings on Christianity and Christian writings on Islam to explore the issues central to Muslim-Christian relations. The literature surveyed is diverse - both popular and scholarly, varying in function, authorship and intended audience. Through its juxtaposition of the mutual perceptions of Muslims and Christians, the book provides an overview of the more important contrasts and similarities between the two religions.

Two eminent scholars, each expert in his own tradition, take Jewish-Christian dialogue to a new level. Aiming at neither mere description nor conversion, each presents the classical elements of his traditions understanding of three fundamental, common religious questions: where to meet God, how to live, and what to hope for. The other then responds. Neusner and Chilton's analytic comparisons of two great traditions intertwined at the roots serves as a primer on the defining energies of both traditions. The reader is invited to identify the traditions' unity of questions and the equally strong differences in answers and thereby illumine one's own faith commitments about belief, piety, and the purpose of human life.

English text with Spanish, German, and French translations. This volume presents the policy statement on ecumenical commitment of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America adopted in 1991 by the ELCA's second churchwide assembly.

Die Veroeffentlichung gehoert zu den wenigen Publikationen zum Reformationsjubilaum 2017, die in oekumenischer Gemeinschaft konzipiert worden sind. Der Altenberger Kreis steht fur Optionen in der OEkumene, die offen in die Zukunft weisen und sich von bestehenden kirchenamtlichen Vorgaben nicht schrecken lassen. UEber lange Zeit hat Johannes Brosseder dem Kreis angehoert; ihm wird in der Studie mit seinem oekumenischen Engagement ein lebendiges Gedachtnis bewahrt. Das Jahr 2017 ladt zu einer Bestandsaufnahme in der OEkumene ein. Was ist erreicht worden? Was ist in Zukunft noch dringend erforderlich? UEber lange Zeit war der gemeinsame Blick von Christinnen und Christen auf 2017 von der Frage bestimmt, ob es anlasslich dieses Datums uberhaupt etwas zu feiern gibt, oder ob einzig die Trauer uber die Folgen der Reformation gemeinsam zu beklagen sind. Beides ist wahr. Trotz der vielen offenen Fragen haben sich die Kirchen in Deutschland auf den Weg gemacht, eine Zeit der Versoehnung miteinander zu gestalten. Der Sammelband orientiert uber die geplanten Vorhaben und beleuchtet deren Hintergrunde. Perspektiven der OEkumene werden mit biblischen und liturgischen Bezugen eroeffnet. Im Blick ist dabei nicht nur die lutherische Reformation, vielmehr kommen exemplarisch auch weitere Orte der Reformation in Europa vor allem die reformierte Tradition in den Niederlanden und in der Schweiz - zur Sprache. Das Buch ist ein Votum fur mehr OEkumene gerade angesichts des Reformationsjubilaums im Jahr 2017. Konkrete Handlungsformen (beispielsweise Gemeindepartnerschaften) werden vorgestellt. Die Gemeinschaft von Taize, deren Weg in die OEkumene erinnert wird, ist eine Quelle der Inspiration fur die geistliche OEkumene der Zukunft. Versoehnung ist ein Leitwort der OEkumene und die Zeit ist nun gekommen, sie zu leben. Die Geschehnisse im Jahr 2017 koennen dazu wichtige Impulse geben.

This collection takes a new approach to understanding religious plurality in the Iberian Peninsula and its Mediterranean and northern European contexts. Focusing on polemics-works that attack or refute the beliefs of religious Others-this volume aims to challenge the problematic characterization of Iberian Jews, Muslims, and Christians as homogeneous groups. From the high Middle Ages to the end of the seventeenth century, Christian efforts to convert groups of Jews and Muslims, Muslim efforts to convert Christians and Jews, and the defensive efforts of these communities to keep their members within the faiths led to the production of numerous polemics. This volume brings together a wide variety of case studies that expose how the current historiographical focus on the three religious communities as allegedly homogeneous groups obscures the diversity within the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities as well as the growing ranks of skeptics and outright unbelievers. Featuring contributions from a range of academic disciplines, this paradigm-shifting book sheds new light on the cultural and intellectual dynamics of the conflicts that marked relations among these religious communities in the Iberian Peninsula and beyond. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Antoni Biosca i Bas, Thomas E. Burman, Monica Colominas Aparicio, John Dagenais, Oscar de la Cruz, Borja Franco Llopis, Linda G. Jones, Daniel J. Lasker, Davide Scotto, Teresa Soto, Ryan Szpiech, Pieter Sjoerd van Koningsveld, and Carsten Wilke.

Die Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland gehoert zu den Kirchen, die als erste aufmerksam die OEffnungen des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils verfolgt und darauf geantwortet haben. Dieser Dokumentationsband belegt erstmals den eber 50-jahrigen oekumenischen Weg, den die Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland seit den frehen sechziger Jahren mit der roemisch-katholischen Kirche genommen hat. Jeder seiner 6 Teile ist einem Jahrzehnt gewidmet. Einige Akzente: Hoehepunkt in den sechziger Jahren war fraglos das oeffentliche Podiumsgesprach, dass Prases Beckmann und Kardinal Jaeger wahrend des 12. Deutschen Evangelischen Kirchentages in Koeln am 30. Juli1965 zum Thema fehrten: -Katholiken und Protestanten angesichts des Konzils."1973 verabschiedete die Landessynode eine erste bahnbrechende Erklarung -eber die Zusammenarbeit der evangelischen und katholischen Kirche". (In den achtziger Jahren erarbeitete die Landessynode 1985 eine offizielle Stellungnahme zu den Lima-Erklarungen von 1982 zu Taufe, Eucharistie und Amt.) Anlasslich der Trierer Heilig-Rock-Wallfahrt 1996 kam am 26. Marz eine -Vereinbarung ... zur gegenseitigen Anerkennung der Taufe" zustande. Auf die vatikanische Erklarung Dominus Jesus im Jahr 2000 antwortete die Rheinische Landessynode 2001 mit der Stellungnahme: -Der Weg der Evangelischen Kirche im Rheinland bleibt oekumenisch." Ausserdem empfahl sie den Abschluss weiterer Gemeindepartnerschaften am Ort. (2013 wurde eine theologische Grundlegung zum oekumenischen Charakter des Reformationsfestes 2017 erarbeitet.)Dieser Dokumentationsband ist eine Fundgrube fer das oekumenische Engagement der Evangelischen Kirche im Rheinland und eine Inspiration fer ihren kenftigen oekumenischen Weg.

This book explores the history of Muslim-Christian theological exchanges in Iran during the 17th and early 18th centuries. Focused on the work of the renegade missionary 'Ali Quli Jadid al-Islam (d. 1734), it contributes to ongoing debates on the nature of confessionalism, interreligious encounters, and cultural translation in early modern Muslim empires. By disentangling the connections between polemics and other forms of Islamic learning and by emphasizing the Shi'i character of the case in question, this study accounts for the dynamism of polemics as an ever-evolving genre capable to adapt to different historical contexts.

Wie kann man nach Kants fundamentaler Kritik an der philosophischen Theologie das ontologische Argument für die Existenz Gottes verteidigen? Dieser Frage geht Hannes Gustav Melichar mit Hilfe der hegelschen Philosophie nach. Um verständlich zu machen, wie Hegel verschiedene Fäden der vorkantischen Metaphysik und der kritischen Philosophie in seinem Hauptwerk "Wissenschaft der Logik" zusammenführt, analysiert er zunächst Kants Widerlegungsversuche gründlich. Anschließend argumentiert er, dass Hegel in seinem Werk zwei Argumentationslinien verfolgt. Die erste soll zu einem inhaltsvollen und widerspruchsfreien Gottesbegriff für die Philosophie führen. Und die zweite zeigt, wie Hegel versucht, diesem Gottesbegriff eine abschließende Begründung zu geben, ohne in einen Begründungsregress zu verfallen. Damit leitet Hegel aus der absoluten Notwendigkeit dieses Gottesbegriffes dessen objektive Geltung ab und legt so seine Version des ontologischen Gottesbeweises vor.

Young people are doing faith differently. They are redefining community, ministry and ritual for a new era. In the face of planetary crisis, the next generation no longer see faith as a private matter, instead they are integrating it with activism and the need for systemic change. Influenced by the wealth of different teachings and traditions available around them, their identities are increasingly multifaceted and emphatically global. This collection of stories and interviews with young adults and their allies explores this new landscape, reflecting both the energy and inspiration of the next generation and the tremendous challenges they face. It points towards an exciting evolution in the way we are relating to the sacred. With stories from: Adam Bucko, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, Kara Moses, Abbas Zahedi, Camille Barton, Bruna Kadletz, Dekila Chungyalpa, Matt Youde, Amrita Bhohi, Sun Kaur, and many others. With supporting stories from senior leaders including: His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Rabbi Laura Janner Klausner, Bhai Sahib Dr Mohinder Singh, and more.

This volume highlights points of agreement and disagreement on the subject of religious pluralism. The dialogue partners in the discussion are Paul F. Knitter, Paul Tillich Professor of Theology, World Religions, and Culture at Union Theological Seminary, and Harold A Netland, professor of Mission and Evangelism and director of Intercultural Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois.

Taking the theme of learning as central to the responsible practice of interfaith dialogue, Michael Barnes discusses a Christian spirituality which builds on virtues of hospitality and the welcoming of other traditions, whilst maintaining the importance of difference and particularity in the search for meaning. Each chapter explores how faith grows as a person crosses a threshold into another religious world and learns sensitivity to echoes of the known in the unknown. Encounters with the religious other, refracted through texts, conversations, artefacts and places, are used to illustrate the ancient Patristic theme of 'seeds of the Word'. Cumulatively they show that faith which learns how to engage imaginatively with another religious world constantly returns to the 'home' tradition, reinvigorated in its appreciation of the other. This book contributes to current comparative theology studies, using a theological approach to interreligious studies complementary to one based on the experience of interpersonal relations.

This title is an introduction to the World's major religions from a Catholic Perspective. There is no single standard textbook that outlines the official Roman Catholic theological position in relation to other religions which then explicates this orientation theologically and phenomenologically in relation to the four main religions of the world and the flowering of new religious movements in the west. The present project will cover this serious gap in the literature. After outlining the teaching of Vatican II and the magisterium since then (chapter one), each subsequent chapter will be divided equally between an exposition of the history and features of the religion or movement being studied; and a serious theological analysis of these features, showing how these religions do have elements in common, as well as how they differ in fundamental ways from Catholicism.

In Religious Cohesion in Times of Conflict Andrew Holden presents the results and analysis of the key findings of a sociological investigation which seeks to establish the contribution that Christian-Muslim partnerships can make to community cohesion. Beginning with a historical and sociological overview of faith relations, a description of the empirical methodology and a discussion of the evolution of Christian-Muslim partnerships, Andrew Holden goes on to highlight how the fieldwork data demonstrates the challenges of uniting young people in segregated towns and cities. He considers the implications of the findings for education policy, examining some of the ways in which schools and colleges can promote faith cohesion, and further addresses the issue of faith leadership, considering how the changing faith landscape affects the work of Christian and Muslim clerics. He concludes by considering possible ways forward for Christian-Muslim relations both in Britain and in the international context and for the development of new partnerships between faith and secular organizations.>

The Crusades continue to exert a fascination in the West as a story of perceived gallantry and battles against impossible odds. Yet what is less often considered is their effect on the Holy Land, and in particular the response of the Muslim world to the invasions of European Crusaders. In this book, W. B. Bartlett, author of four books on the Crusades, looks at these great events from the Muslim point of view. One of the effects was to unite a previously divided Islamic world against a common enemy. In the process, they gave an unstoppable impetus towards the declaring of jihad against the West, a holy war against Christendom. They also helped to shape the careers of some important figures, most notably Saladin, but also other great men like Sultan Baibars and Nur al-Din. The rise of these great leaders is traced in this book, as are the many great battles that were fought by men just as devoted to their cause as the Crusaders were.

Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali was born to a Muslim mother and a Christian father. He studied theology at Cambridge, going on to become only the second non-white bishop in England and the first diocesan bishop. He is a consultant to the Prime Minister on Muslim affairs. Nazir-Ali sets out fundamental guidelines on the role of religion in society and its relationship to nationalism, ideology and political institutions, and examines Christian-Muslim dialogue with particular relationship to the rise of Arab, Indian and Turkish nationalism. Of particular concern is the relationship of religion to law and the justifiability of armed conflict.

Over the past few decades, there has been a dramatic and unprecedented shift in Jewish-Christian relations, including signs of a new, improved Christian attitude towards Jews. "Christianity in Jewish Terms" is a Jewish theological response to the profound changes that have taken place in Christian thought. The book is divided into ten chapters, each of which features a main essay, written by a Jewish scholar, that explores the meaning of a set of Christian beliefs. Following the essay are responses from a second Jewish scholar and a Christian scholar. Designed to generate new conversations within the American Jewish community and between the Jewish and Christian communities, "Christianity in Jewish Terms" lays the foundation for better understanding. It was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 2001.