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In a world that increasingly sees religion as a source of violence, this book explores resources from within religious traditions that might help build peace. Drawing from the rich textual histories of Christianity and Islam, the contributors mine their faith traditions for ways of thinking and ways of being that help shift perceptions about religion, and actively contribute to the growth of peace in our troubled times.
Not content with retreat into religious exclusivism, these essays are an act of sharing something held dear. In sharing, the thing offered no longer remains the possession of the one who offers, and so these essays are an act of vulnerability and trust-building. In sharing precious things together, in giving and receiving, peace becomes not only a matter of dialogue, but also shared commitments to ways of being.
List of contents
First Things
Anthony Rees
Chapter 1: Peace, Nonviolence, and Islam
Zeki Saritoprak
Chapter 2: Like Lightning? Luke 17:22-37 Revisited in Interfaith Perspective
David J. Neville
Chapter 3: The Prophets as Archetypes of Peace in the Qur'an: The Use and Non-use of Isrä'i¿liyyät Sources in the Story of M¿sa
Mahsheed Ansari and Hakan Coruh
Chapter 4: From Cultures of Violence to Ways of Peace: Reading the Benedictus in the Context of Australia's Treatment of Asylum Seekers in Offshore Detention
Anne Elvey
Chapter 5: A Prophetic Stance against Violence: Analysis of the Meccan Period of Prophet Muhammad's Life and Centrality of Peace as a Preferred Method
Suleyman Sertkaya
Chapter 6: Leaving Judgement to God: Jonah's Struggle
Marie-Louise Craig
Chapter 7: An Apocalypse That Welcomes Others? Reading Revelation Peacefully
U-Wen Low
Bibliography
Index
About the Contributors
About the author
Anthony Rees is lecturer in Old Testament/Hebrew bible at United Theological College, Charles Sturt University, and a research fellow of the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology.
