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Christian-Muslim encounters / edited by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and Wadi Zaidan Haddad.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam--Relations--Christianity--Congresses.
- Islam.
- Relations.
- Christianity.
- Christianity and other religions--Islam--Congresses.
- Christianity and other religions.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 508 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [1995]
- Summary:
- The authors of these essays examine the ways in which Muslims and Christians worldwide have encountered one another over 1,400 years and the ways in which they are engaged today, enlightening current interpolitical, intersocial, and intereconomic relationships. Covering geographical, historical, and methodological topics that range from medieval scripture to contemporary theological reflections and including contributions from both Muslims and Christians, the essays will interest scholars of Islamic history and political science, religious leaders, and the general public.
- Contents:
- 1 Christian-Muslim Studies, Islamic Studies, and the Future of Christian-Muslim Encounter / Willem A. Bijlefeld 13
- Part 1 The Historical Heritage
- Sacred Scriptures as the Point of Departure
- 2 Fa-stabiqu 'l-khayrat: A Qur'anic Principle of Interfaith Relations / Issa J. Boullata 43
- 3 Some Biblical Considerations Relevant to the Encounter Between Traditions / Antonie Wessels 54
- 4 Jesus the Son of God: A Study of the Terms lbn and Walad in the Qur'an and Tafsir Tradition / Mahmud Ayoub 65
- 5 A Tenth-Century Speculative Theologian's Refutation of the Basic Doctrines of Christianity: al-Baqillani (d. A.D. 1013) / Wadi Z. Haddad 82
- 6 Ibn Taymiyya and the Kitab al-Burhan: A Muslim Controversialist Responds to a Ninth-Century Arabic Christian Apology / Mark N. Swanson 95
- Contacts and Comparisons
- 7 "Holosphyros?" A Byzantine Perception of "The God of Muhammad" / Daniel J. Sahas 109
- 8 Calvin and the Turks / Jan Slomp 126
- 9 Jesus and Mary as Poetical Images in Rumi's Verse / Annemarie Schimmel 143
- 10 Personal Transformation in Ibn al-'Arabi and Meister Eckhart / James E. Royster 158
- 11 Muslim Attitudes toward Christians in the Maghrib during the fatimid Period, 297/909-358/969 / R. Marston Speight 180
- 12 Some Aspects of Muslim-Frankish Christian Relations in the Sham Region in the Twelfth Century / Hadia Dajani-Shakeel 193
- 13 Christians in Mamluk Jerusalem / Donald P. Little 210
- 14 Old French Travel Accounts of Muslim Beliefs Concerning the Afterlife / Jane I. Smith 221
- Part 2 The Contemporary Situation
- Regional Studies
- 15 Sharing Islamically in the Pluralistic Nation-State of India: The Views of Some Contemporary Indian Muslim Leaders and Thinkers / Christian W. Troll 245
- 16 The Dynamics of Religious Coexistence in Kerala: Muslims, Christians, and Hindus / Roland E. Miller 263
- 17 Christian-Muslim Encounter in Indonesia / Olaf Schumann 285
- 18 The Direction of Christian-Muslim Relations in Sub-Saharan Africa / Johann Haafkens 300
- 19 Muslims in Europe in the Late Twentieth Century / Jorgen S. Nielsen 314
- 20 Challenges Facing Christian-Muslim Dialogue in the United States / Sulayman S. Nyang 328
- 21 The Umma in North America: Muslim "Melting Pot" or Ethnic "Mosaic"? / Frederick Mathewson Denny 342
- Ideological and Theological Reflections
- 22 Some North African Intellectuals' Presentations of Islam / Jacques Waardenburg 358
- 23 Christians in a Muslim State: The Recent Egyptian Debate / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad 381
- 24 Isma 'il al-Faruqi in the Field of Dialogue / Kenneth Cragg 399
- 25 Religious Pluralism in the Thought of Muhammad Kamil Hussein / Harold S. Vogelaar 411
- 26 "He Walked in the Path of the Prophets": Toward Christian Theological Recognition of the Prophethood of Muhammad / David A. Kerr 426
- 27 Suspending or Postponing Theological Judgment? A Second Look at W.A. Bijlefeld's De Islam als Na-Christelijke Religie / John B. Carman 447
- 28 Comments on a Few Theological Issues in Islamic-Christian Dialogue / Seyyed Hossein Nasr 457.
- Notes:
- The result of a conference held on June 7-9, 1990 and sponsored in part by the Hartford Seminary, Connecticut.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0813013569
- 0813013593
- OCLC:
- 31970460
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