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Muslims, Christians, and the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue (Hardcover)
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Muslims, Christians, and the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue (Hardcover)
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The attacks of September 11, 2001 instantly heightened the American
public's sensitivity toward matters of religious difference. Many
Americans realized not only that non-Muslims need to learn more
about Islam, but also that Muslims must better understand and
articulate their own faith to themselves and others. In this
volume, Jane Idleman Smith examines the current American
Christian-Muslim dialogue, contextualized both through the history
of Islam and of the contemporary West. As we approach the sixth
anniversary of 9/11, Smith dares to ask what progress has been made
through this dialogue, what happens when that dialogue fails, and
what direction it will take in the years to come.
Smith examines the recent theological writings of both Catholics
and Protestants about dialogue and pluralism, and shows that since
9/11 a few Muslim scholars in the West have also begun to write
about these issues. Now, she argues, many Christians and Muslims
are expressing their desire to move beyond theological discussion
into what is often called the "dialogue of engagement." As
evidence, she points to initiatives among young people, women, and
African Americans as they attempt to find ways to work together in
local projects of justice and community service. Throughout the
book, one hears the personal voices of these Muslim and Christian
participants in the American interfaith dialogue.
While many of the encounters between Islam and Christianity over
the past 14 centuries have been peaceful, Americans know little
about the history of religious interaction beyond the Crusades or
the fear Europe felt in the face of the invasions of the Turks.
This volume is intended to educate Americans about thegreat
diversity of Muslims in this country while illustrating how
Christians and Muslims are coming together, not only to talk to
each other, but to work together for the common good.
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