Contemporary Muslim–Christian Encounters: Developments, Diversity, and Dialogues

✍ Scribed by Paul Hedges (editor)

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 270
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Contemporary Muslim-Christian Encounters: Developments, Diversity and Dialogues addresses the key issues in the present day global encounter between Christians and Muslims. Divided into two parts, the first examines theoretical issues and concerns which affect dialogue between the two traditions. The second part highlights case studies from around the world. Chapters come from established scholars including Reuven Firestone, Douglas Pratt and Clinton Bennett, emerging scholars, as well as practitioner perspectives.
Highlighting the diversity within the field of “Christian-Muslim” encounter, case studies cover examples from the US and globally, and include dialogue in the US post 9/11, Nigerian Muslims and Christians, and Christian responses to Islamophobia in the UK.
Covering unique areas and those not explored in detail elsewhere, Contemporary Muslim-Christian Encounters: Developments, Diversity and Dialogues will be of interest to advanced students, researchers, and interfaith professionals.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
Foreword
Note on Transliteration
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Editor’s Introduction
1. Dialogue before Dialogue
2. The Contemporary Context of Muslim–Christian Dialogue
3. Can Those Chosen by God Dialogue with Others?
4. Interreligious Dialogue as Lay, Institutional, and Academic: Muslim Perspectives
5. Gender and Christian–Muslim Dialogue
6. Applying Sharia Principles of Religious Tolerance for the Protection of Children: Nigerian Religious Conflicts and Reconciliation among Muslims and Christians
7. Peace-building through Interreligious Dialogue: The DRC Model
8. Initiative and Response: The Future of Muslim–Christian Dialogue
9. Christian Responses to Islamophobia: A Practical Theological Reflection
10. Christian–Muslim Relations in the USA: A Postmodern Analysis after 9/11
11. “Bringing Faith Back In”: Muslim and Christian Approaches to Nuclear (Non)-Proliferation and Disarmament
12. Vatican and World Council of Church Initiatives: Weaving Interreligious Threads on Ecumenical Looms
Notes
Bibliography
Index