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Provides insightful discussions of the exegetic and discursive process begun by the open letter A Common Word Between Us and You.
List of contents
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 Mahmut¿ehaji¿; 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 Ab¿ ¿¿mid al-Ghaz¿l¿'s love of God Yazid Said; 19. Epilogue Yazid Said.
About the author
Yazid Said is Lecturer in Islam at Liverpool Hope University and an Anglican priest. A scholar of medieval Muslim political and legal thought, he is the author of Ghazali's Politics in Context (2013).Lejla Demiri is Professor of Islamic Doctrine at the Centre for Islamic Theology, Eberhard Karls Universität, Tübingen. Her research explores Muslim-Christian theological encounters. She is the author of Muslim Exegesis of the Bible in Medieval Cairo: Najm al-Din al Tufi's Commentary on the Christian Scriptures (2013).
Summary
The book advances debate and dialogue between Jews, Muslims and Christians and presents a distinctive methodology for inter-religious studies. It is an invaluable resource for students of theology and religious studies and will be beneficial for academics, as well as practitioners in pastoral and religious professions.
