The Future of Interfaith Dialogue: Muslim-Christian Encounters through A Common Word

Cambridge University Press, 8/30/2018
EAN 9781107134348, ISBN10: 110713434X

Hardcover, 348 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm
Language: English

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.

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 Mahmutćehajić
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 Böhm
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 Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī's love of God Yazid Said
19. Epilogue Yazid Said.