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Things that Make for Peace

Traversing Text and Tradition in Christianity and Islam
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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.
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 Isra 'i liyya t Sources in the Story of Musa 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
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