God's creativity and human action : Christian and Muslim perspectives : a record of the fourteenth Building Bridges Seminar ; hosted by Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, May 3/6, 2015 / Lucinda Mosher and David Marshall, editors.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Mosher, Lucinda, editor.

Marshall, David, editor.

Conference Name:

Building Bridges Seminar (14th : 2015 : Doha, Qatar)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qurʼan--Theology--Congresses.

Qurʼan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Georgetown University Press, 2017.

Summary:

This book presents the proceedings of the fourteenth annual Building Bridges seminar, a gathering of scholar-practioners of Islam and Christianity for study of selected texts pertaining to a chosen theme. Part I includes two brilliant essays that set the context for the book: "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. 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. Contributors include Richard Bauckham of St. Andrews, Sohaira Azhir Siddiqui of Georgetown, Brandon Gallagher of Exeter, Maria Massai Dakake of George Mason, Velli-Matti Kärkkäinen of Fuller Theological Seminary, and Feras Q. Hamza of the University of Wollongong in Dubai, among others. In her conclusion, coeditor Lucinda Marshall digests the illuminating small-group conversations that lie at the heart of the Building Bridges initiative.

Contents:

Overviews

Human action within divine creation : a Muslim perspective / Mohsen Kadivar

On the possibility of holy living : a Christian perspective / Lucy Gardner

God's creation and its goal

God's creation and its goal : a Muslim perspective / Sohaira Zahir Siddiqui

God's creation and its goal : a Christian theological account / Richard Bauckham

Scripture dialogue 1 : God's creation and its goal

Passages from the Qur'an

Passages from the Bible

The dignity and task of humankind within God's creation

Creativity, covenant and Christ / Brandon Gallaher

To be Khalifah : the human vocation in relation to nature and community / Maria Massi Dakake

Scripture dialogue 2 : the dignity and task of humankind within God's creation

Human action within the sovereignty of God

Human freedom and divine sovereignty : Muslim perspectives / Feras Q. Hamza

A Christian perspective on human action within the sovereignty of God / Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen

Scripture dialogue 3 : human action within the sovereignty of God

Reflection

Discussion in Doha : listening in on the building bridges process / Lucinda Mosher.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62616-486-X

OCLC:

972200781