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A fresh look at how Christians and Muslims speak of God Naming God
entails labeling the ineffable. And yet the Bible itself oscillates
between denying that God can be named and describing how God shows
Godself anyway. In Naming God, the result of the 2021 Building
Bridges Seminarâan international dialogue of Christian and Muslim
scholarsâthe contributors examine the many ways Christians and
Muslims refer to and describe God and the significance of naming
God differently. This book provides guidance and materials that
will benefit faith leaders as well as students and scholars of
theology, dialogue theory, and conflict resolution. Nonspecialists
will benefit from an entry-point into the theme of naming God,
while specialists will be challenged to develop and deepen their
thought on this important topic.
A fresh look at how Christians and Muslims speak of God Naming God
entails labeling the ineffable. And yet the Bible itself oscillates
between denying that God can be named and describing how God shows
Godself anyway. In Naming God, the result of the 2021 Building
Bridges Seminarâan international dialogue of Christian and Muslim
scholarsâthe contributors examine the many ways Christians and
Muslims refer to and describe God and the significance of naming
God differently. This book provides guidance and materials that
will benefit faith leaders as well as students and scholars of
theology, dialogue theory, and conflict resolution. Nonspecialists
will benefit from an entry-point into the theme of naming God,
while specialists will be challenged to develop and deepen their
thought on this important topic.
A record of the 2015 Building Bridges Seminar for leading Christian
and Muslim scholars, this collection of essays explores the nature
of divine and human agency through themes of creation's goal,
humankind's dignity and task, and notions of sovereignty. Part I
sets the context for the book with "Human Action within Divine
Creation: A Muslim Perspective" by Mohsen Kadivar of Duke
University and "On the Possibility of Holy Living: A Christian
Perspective" by Lucy Gardner of Oxford University. The rest of the
book includes paired essays-one from a Muslim perspective, one from
a Christian perspective-that introduce scriptural material with
commentary to aid readers in conducting dialogical study. In her
conclusion, coeditor Lucinda Mosher digests the illuminating
small-group conversations that lie at the heart of the Building
Bridges initiative, conversations that convey a vivid sense of the
lively, penetrating but respectful dialogue for which the project
is known. This unique volume will be a valuable resource to
scholars, students, and professors of Christianity and Islam.
A unique interreligious dialogue provides needed context for deeper
understanding of interfaith relations, from ancient to modern times
Freedom is far from straightforward as a topic of comparative
theology. While it is often identified with modernity and even
postmodernity, freedom has long been an important topic for
reflection by both Christians and Muslims, discussed in both the
Bible and the Qur'an. Each faith has a different way of engaging
with the idea of freedom shaped by the political context of their
beginnings. The New Testament emerged in a region under occupation
by the Roman Empire, whereas the Qur'an was first received in
tribal Arabia, a stateless environment with political freedom.
Freedom: Christian and Muslim Perspectives, edited by Lucinda
Mosher, considers how Christian and Muslim faith communities have
historically addressed many facets of freedom. The book presents
essays, historical and scriptural texts, and reflections. Topics
include God's freedom, human freedom to obey God, autonomy versus
heteronomy, autonomy versus self-governance, freedom from
incapacitating addiction and desire, hermeneutic or discursive
freedom vis-a-vis scripture and tradition, religious and political
freedom, and the relationship between personal conviction and
public order. The rich insights expressed in this unique interfaith
discussion will benefit readers-from students and scholars, to
clerics and community leaders, to politicians and policymakers-who
will gain a deeper understanding of how these two communities
define freedom, how it is treated in both religious and secular
texts, and how to make sense of it in the context of our
contemporary lives.
An important interfaith dialogue examines causes of global
inequality and explores solutions. In A World of Inequalities:
Christian and Muslim Perspectives, fourteen leading Christian and
Muslim scholars respond to the global crisis of inequality by
demanding and modeling interreligious dialogue. This volume takes
an intersectional approach, examining aspects of global inequality
including gender, race and ethnicity, caste and social class,
economic and sociopolitical disparities, and slavery. Essays
explore the roots of these realities, how they are treated in
Christian and Muslim traditions and texts, and how the two faiths
can work together to address inequality. A World of Inequalities
brings readers into the conversation, inviting them to engage in a
similar dialogue by offering pairs of essays alongside texts for
close reading. Scholars, religious leaders, and students of
theology and theological ethics will find this a useful resource to
address this pressing issue.
Conventional wisdom would have it that believing in one God is
straightforward; that Muslims are expert at monotheism, but that
Christians complicate it, weaken it, or perhaps even abandon it
altogether by speaking of the Trinity. In this book, Muslim and
Christian scholars challenge that opinion. Examining together
scripture texts and theological reflections from both traditions,
they show that the oneness of God is taken as axiomatic in both,
and also that affirming God's unity has raised complex theological
questions for both. The two faiths are not identical, but what
divides them is not the number of gods they believe in. The latest
volume of proceedings of The Building Bridges Seminar-a gathering
of scholar-practitioners of Islam and Christianity that meets
annually for the purpose of deep study of scripture and other texts
carefully selected for their pertinence to the year's chosen
theme-this book begins with a retrospective on the seminar's first
fifteen years and concludes with an account of deliberations and
discussions among participants, thereby providing insight into the
model of vigorous and respectful dialogue that characterizes this
initiative. Contributors include Richard Bauckham, Sidney Griffith,
Christoph Schwoebel, Janet Soskice, Asma Afsaruddin, Maria Dakake,
Martin Nguyen, and Sajjad Rizvi. To encourage further dialogical
study, the volume includes those scripture passages and other texts
on which their essays comment. A unique resource for scholars,
students, and professors of Christianity and Islam.
Conventional wisdom would have it that believing in one God is
straightforward; that Muslims are expert at monotheism, but that
Christians complicate it, weaken it, or perhaps even abandon it
altogether by speaking of the Trinity. In this book, Muslim and
Christian scholars challenge that opinion. Examining together
scripture texts and theological reflections from both traditions,
they show that the oneness of God is taken as axiomatic in both,
and also that affirming God's unity has raised complex theological
questions for both. The two faiths are not identical, but what
divides them is not the number of gods they believe in. The latest
volume of proceedings of The Building Bridges Seminar-a gathering
of scholar-practitioners of Islam and Christianity that meets
annually for the purpose of deep study of scripture and other texts
carefully selected for their pertinence to the year's chosen
theme-this book begins with a retrospective on the seminar's first
fifteen years and concludes with an account of deliberations and
discussions among participants, thereby providing insight into the
model of vigorous and respectful dialogue that characterizes this
initiative. Contributors include Richard Bauckham, Sidney Griffith,
Christoph Schwoebel, Janet Soskice, Asma Afsaruddin, Maria Dakake,
Martin Nguyen, and Sajjad Rizvi. To encourage further dialogical
study, the volume includes those scripture passages and other texts
on which their essays comment. A unique resource for scholars,
students, and professors of Christianity and Islam.
A record of the 2015 Building Bridges Seminar for leading Christian
and Muslim scholars, this collection of essays explores the nature
of divine and human agency through themes of creation's goal,
humankind's dignity and task, and notions of sovereignty. Part I
sets the context for the book with "Human Action within Divine
Creation: A Muslim Perspective" by Mohsen Kadivar of Duke
University and "On the Possibility of Holy Living: A Christian
Perspective" by Lucy Gardner of Oxford University. The rest of the
book includes paired essays-one from a Muslim perspective, one from
a Christian perspective-that introduce scriptural material with
commentary to aid readers in conducting dialogical study. In her
conclusion, coeditor Lucinda Mosher digests the illuminating
small-group conversations that lie at the heart of the Building
Bridges initiative, conversations that convey a vivid sense of the
lively, penetrating but respectful dialogue for which the project
is known. This unique volume will be a valuable resource to
scholars, students, and professors of Christianity and Islam.
The Community of Believers offers the proceedings of the 2013
Building Bridges seminar, a dialogue between leading Christian and
Muslim scholars under the stewardship of Georgetown University.
These essays consider such themes as the Church as mystical body of
Christ versus the Church as proclamation; the roots and uses of the
term ummah and its development over time; Christian desires for
communion, experiences of division, and approaches to unity; the
history of Muslim disunity; twentieth-century Christian
ecclesiology and its responses to a post-Christendom and
post-Christian world; and the Arab Spring as a case study for
contemplating accommodationism, conservatism, reformism, and
fundamentalism as Muslim strategies to address the pressures of
modernism. The volume also includes texts and commentaries used in
the seminar's discussions of each topic and a concluding essay
summarizing the tone, content, and style of participant exchanges
throughout the seminar.
An important interfaith dialogue examines causes of global
inequality and explores solutions. In A World of Inequalities:
Christian and Muslim Perspectives, fourteen leading Christian and
Muslim scholars respond to the global crisis of inequality by
demanding and modeling interreligious dialogue. This volume takes
an intersectional approach, examining aspects of global inequality
including gender, race and ethnicity, caste and social class,
economic and sociopolitical disparities, and slavery. Essays
explore the roots of these realities, how they are treated in
Christian and Muslim traditions and texts, and how the two faiths
can work together to address inequality. A World of Inequalities
brings readers into the conversation, inviting them to engage in a
similar dialogue by offering pairs of essays alongside texts for
close reading. Scholars, religious leaders, and students of
theology and theological ethics will find this a useful resource to
address this pressing issue.
A unique interreligious dialogue provides needed context for deeper
understanding of interfaith relations, from ancient to modern times
Freedom is far from straightforward as a topic of comparative
theology. While it is often identified with modernity and even
postmodernity, freedom has long been an important topic for
reflection by both Christians and Muslims, discussed in both the
Bible and the Qur'an. Each faith has a different way of engaging
with the idea of freedom shaped by the political context of their
beginnings. The New Testament emerged in a region under occupation
by the Roman Empire, whereas the Qur'an was first received in
tribal Arabia, a stateless environment with political freedom.
Freedom: Christian and Muslim Perspectives, edited by Lucinda
Mosher, considers how Christian and Muslim faith communities have
historically addressed many facets of freedom. The book presents
essays, historical and scriptural texts, and reflections. Topics
include God's freedom, human freedom to obey God, autonomy versus
heteronomy, autonomy versus self-governance, freedom from
incapacitating addiction and desire, hermeneutic or discursive
freedom vis-a-vis scripture and tradition, religious and political
freedom, and the relationship between personal conviction and
public order. The rich insights expressed in this unique interfaith
discussion will benefit readers-from students and scholars, to
clerics and community leaders, to politicians and policymakers-who
will gain a deeper understanding of how these two communities
define freedom, how it is treated in both religious and secular
texts, and how to make sense of it in the context of our
contemporary lives.
Launched in 2002 by the Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the
Building Bridges Seminar has been under the stewardship of
Georgetown University since 2012. The seminar gathers distinguished
scholar-practitioners of Islam and Christianity for deep study and
discussion of selected texts pertaining to an overarching theme.
Sin, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation: Christian and Muslim
Perspectives is a collection of essays and scripture passages
studied at the 2014 Building Bridges seminar. Thoughtful and
provocative, the book begins with the complete texts of the opening
lectures by Veli-Matti Karkkainen and Jonathan A. C. Brown and
contains essays by Christoph Schwobel, Ayman Shabana, Susan
Eastman, Mohammad Hassan Khalil, Philip Sheldrake, and Asma
Afsaruddin. Peppered throughout with relevant scripture passages
and commentary, the text concludes with an extensive account of the
informal conversations at the seminar that conveys the lively and
respectful dialogue that is the hallmark of this meeting.
Prayer: Christian and Muslim Perspectives is a rich collection of
essays, scriptural texts, and personal reflections featuring
leading scholars analyzing the meaning and function of prayer
within their traditions. Drawn from the 2011 Building Bridges
seminar in Doha, Qatar, the essays in this volume explore the
devotional practices of each tradition and how these practices are
taught and learned. Relevant texts are included, with commentary,
as are personal reflections on prayer by each of the seminar
participants. The volume also contains a Christian reflection on
Islamic prayer and a Muslim reflection on Christian prayer. An
extensive account of the informal conversations at the seminar
conveys a vivid sense of the lively, penetrating, but respectful
dialogue that took place.
This volume of the Building Bridges Seminar, Power: Divine and
Human, Christian and Muslim Perspectives, comprises pairs of essays
by Christians and Muslims which introduce texts for dialogical
study, plus the actual text-excerpts themselves. This new book goes
far beyond mere reporting on a dialogical seminar; rather, it
provides guidance and materials for constructing a similar
dialogical experience on a particular topic. As a resource for
comparative theology, Power: Divine and Human is unique in that it
takes up a topic not usually explored in depth in Christian-Muslim
conversations. It is written by scholars for scholars. However, in
tone and structure, it is suitable for the non-specialist as well.
Students (undergraduate and graduate), religious leaders, and
motivated non-specialists will find it readable and useful. While
it falls solidly in the domain of comparative theology, it can also
be used in courses on dialogical reading of scripture,
interreligious relations, and political philosophy.
Death, Resurrection, and Human Destiny: Christian and Muslim
Perspectives is a record of the 2012 Building Bridges seminar for
leading Christian and Muslim scholars, convened by Rowan Williams,
then Archbishop of Canterbury. The essays in this volume explore
what the Bible and Qur n-and the Christian and Islamic theological
traditions-have to say about death, resurrection, and human
destiny. Special attention is given to the writings of al-Ghazali
and Dante. Other essays explore the notion of the good death.
Funeral practices of each tradition are explained. Relevant texts
are included with commentary, as are personal reflections on death
by several of the seminar participants. An account of the informal
conversations at the seminar conveys a vivid sense of the lively,
penetrating, but respectful dialogue which took place. Three short
pieces by Rowan Williams provide his opening comments at the
seminar and his reflections on its proceedings. The volume also
contains an analysis of the Building Bridges Seminar after a decade
of his leadership.
This volume of the Building Bridges Seminar, Power: Divine and
Human, Christian and Muslim Perspectives, comprises pairs of essays
by Christians and Muslims which introduce texts for dialogical
study, plus the actual text-excerpts themselves. This new book goes
far beyond mere reporting on a dialogical seminar; rather, it
provides guidance and materials for constructing a similar
dialogical experience on a particular topic. As a resource for
comparative theology, Power: Divine and Human is unique in that it
takes up a topic not usually explored in depth in Christian-Muslim
conversations. It is written by scholars for scholars. However, in
tone and structure, it is suitable for the non-specialist as well.
Students (undergraduate and graduate), religious leaders, and
motivated non-specialists will find it readable and useful. While
it falls solidly in the domain of comparative theology, it can also
be used in courses on dialogical reading of scripture,
interreligious relations, and political philosophy.
In this interfaith book Lucinda Mosher investigates different
understandings of destiny, loss, death, and remembrance in
America's many religions. Using stories and interviews with a
variety of religious adherents and health professionals, the book
wrestles with questions such as: how can our religion guide us in
making decisions about certain kinds of medical treatment options?
What religion-related issues would it be helpful for a healthcare
provider to know? How do different religious traditions help manage
our grief? In a globalized society religious traditions sit
alongside each other as never before, and the need for religious
literacy and multifaith chaplaincy is increasingly recognized. By
looking at multireligious America, this book provides an essential
exploration of different attitudes to death, helping members of all
faith communities to become more literate with each other's
religious traditions.
A comprehensive collection provides guidance and deep insight from
a variety of experts in this emerging field The rapidly developing
field of interreligious studies fosters scholarship engaging two or
more religious traditions at a time. Inherently multidisciplinary,
the field brings the academic consideration of religions into
conversation with the humanities and social sciences, employing
relational, intersectional, experiential, and dialogical
methodologies as it examines the interrelationship of individuals
and groups with differing alignments toward religion. Edited by
Lucinda Mosher, The Georgetown Companion to Interreligious Studies
features an international roster of practitioners of or experts on
Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism,
Ruism, Humanism, and African, North American, and South American
Indigenous lifeways. Each author offers a unique perspective on the
nature of this emerging discipline. This companion provides fifty
thought-provoking chapters on the history, priorities, challenges,
distinguishing pedagogies, and practical applications of
interreligious studies. Anyone who seeks a deeper appreciation of
this relatively new academic field will find it useful as a
textbook or research resource.
Showing how spiritual care is practiced in a variety of different
contexts such as healthcare, detention and higher education, as
well as settings that may not have formal chaplaincy arrangements,
this book offers an original and unique resource for Hindu
chaplains to understand and practice spiritual care in a way that
is authentic to their own tradition and that meets the needs of
Hindus. It offers a Hindu perspective for all chaplains to inform
their caregiving to Hindus. The book explores the theological and
metaphysical roots of Hindu chaplaincy and puts forward the case
for Hindu chaplaincy as a valuable spiritual practice. It covers
the issues that arise in specific locations, such as college,
healthcare, prison, military and the corporate sector. Chapters
also examine Hindu pastoral care offered in other, 'non-chaplaincy'
settings, such as LGBT centres, social justice work and
environmental activism. Made up of some 30 essays by chaplains,
scholars and other important voices in the field, Hindu Approaches
to Spiritual Care provides spiritual caregivers with a
comprehensive theoretical and practical approach to the
relationship of Hinduism and chaplaincy.
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