Ameen Rihani : bridging East and West : a pioneering call for Arab-American understanding / edited by Nathan C. Funk, Betty J. Sitka.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Funk, Nathan C.

Sitka, Betty J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rihani, Ameen Fares, 1876-1940--Congresses.

Rihani, Ameen Fares.

Rihani, Ameen Fares, 1876-1940.

Authors, Arab--Lebanon--Congresses.

Authors, Arab.

Lebanon.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xx, 181 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Ameen Rihani Institute : American University Center for Global Peace ; Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2004]

Contents:

Foreword: Ameen Rihani: A Meeting Point Between Two Cultures: HRH Prince Talal Bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia ix

Preface: A Cultural Symbol: Adonis xiii

Introduction: Ameen Rihani's Imagination Liberation Movement / Prof. Abdul Aziz Said, Prof. Nathan C. Funk xvii

Part I The Path of Reconciliation: The Expression of Tolerance in Rihani's Thought 1

1 More Than Tolerance: Rihani on Intercultural Reconciliation / Prof. Nathan C. Funk 3

2 Cross-Cultural Approaches to Reconciliation: Ameen Rihani and H. G. Wells / Prof. Ameen Albert Rihani 16

3 The Search for Peace and East-West Reconciliation in Rihani's Prose Poetry / Prof. Terri DeYoung 25

4 The Limits of Reconciliation: Rihani's View of State Zionism / Prof. Christopher Vasillopulos 35

Part II Convergent Horizons: Rihani, Carlyle, Emerson, Thoreau and Tolstoy 45

5 Rihani and Carlyle on Revolution and Modernity / Prof. Geoffrey P. Nash 47

6 Rihani, Emerson and Thoreau / Dr. Walter Edward Dunnavent III 55

7 Leo Tolstoy and Ameen Rihani: The Interaction Between Two Creative Worlds / Prof. Mikhail Rodionov 72

Part III The Importance of Belonging and Universalism 81

8 The Formation of a Universal Self: Rihani and Byron / Prof. Naji Oueijan 83

9 Ameen Rihani's Vision of Globalization: A Matrimony, Not Hegemony / Prof. Nuwar Mawlawi Diab 93

10 Ameen Rihani: Daring To Dream / Prof. Halim Barakat 102

Part IV Understanding Peace Within Oneself, with Others, and Among Nations 111

11 Understanding Peace Through Rihani's Spirituality / Prof. Abdul Aziz Said 113

12 Rihani's Peace / Prof. Henry H. Melki 120

13 Ameen Rihani's Humanist Vision of Arab Nationalism / Prof. Nijmeh Hajjar 134

Supplication (An-Najwa Prayer) / Ameen F. Rihani 149

Biography on Ameen Rihani Timetable of events in Ameen Rihani's life and in the world 151.

Notes:

Papers from the Ameen Rihani symposium, April 19-20, 2002, American University, Washington, D.C.

"Ameen F. Rihani--selected works": pages 165-166.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761828605

OCLC:

57508970