The question of Christian-Muslim relations is one of enduring importance in the twenty-first century. In this project, the author provides a collection of primary theological sources devoted to the formational period of Christian-Muslim relations.
This volume highlights points of agreement and disagreement on the subject of religious pluralism. The dialogue partners in the discussion are Paul F. Knitter, Paul Tillich Professor Emeritus of Theology, World Religions, and Culture At Union Theological Seminary in New York, and Harold A. Netland, professor of Mission and Evangelism and director ......
This brief survey text tells the story of Judaism. Through the lens of modern biblical scholarship, Christine Elizabeth Hayes explores the shifting cultural contextsthe Babylonian exile, the Roman Empire, the Byzantine period, the rise of Christianitythat affected Jewish thought and practice, and laid the groundwork for the Talmudic era and its ......
Increasingly world religious traditions present not just an intellectual or apologetic challenge to Christians but a daily encounter, a source of religious practices, and even live religious options. How are Christians to relate to these traditions and the neighbors and friends who live by them? This lively and engaging book is a great resource ......
Presents a study of religious pluralism as a theological and social reality, and approaches Christianity and Islam in tandem as part of a broader discussion on the nature of the good society.
An intriguing question - Do Muslims understand Jesus in some ways morehistorically appropriate than Christians do? - leads Robert F. Shedingerinto a series of provocative challenges to the disciplines ofreligious studies and comparative religions. Questioning theconvenient distinction between "politics" and "religion" and theisolation of ......
It is a truism in the study of religion that to understand one's owntradition truly one must inhabit another's deeply. Kristin JohnstonLargen in this exciting volume takes the reader on such a pilgrimageinto Buddhism, to ultimately address what we as Christians might meanby salvation. In the last generation, lay Christians have already trodinto ......
A record of the fourth 'Building Bridges' seminar held in Sarajevo in 2005 as part of an annual symposium on Muslim-Christian relations cosponsored by Georgetown University and the Archbishop of Canterbury. It presents the texts of the public lectures with regional presentations on issues of citizenship, and religious believing and belonging.
An Engagement with Muslims, Buddhists, and Other Peoples of Faith
Drawing on his long experience of mission, overseas and at home, Thomsen grapples with Christian theology and engagingly expounds how its deep themes relate with those of Buddhism and Islam. God in Christ must become the pattern for our living and evangelism. The key is to see others in the spirit and through the eyes of Christ. This is a bold ......
Lays the groundwork for diversity as an intrinsic part of the life of faith and calls us to become bridge people, people who are willing to traverse gaps of ignorance and bridge the things that separate us.
Helps preachers to identify the ways that Christian preachers perpetuate the long tradition of Christian anti-Judaism. This book situates the Gospels precisely as Jewish literature, then addresses specific thorny issues that arise in preaching: supersessionism; portrayals of the Law; preaching the Passion; misrepresentations of Judaism, and more.
The author traces the rich history of Christianity's many encounters with other religions, from the Roman Empire and Paul's speech to the Athenians on Mars Hill to the discovery of non-European peoples, through various currents of philosophy and science.
Two eminent scholars, each expert in his own tradition, take Jewish-Christian dialogue to a new level. Aiming at neither mere description nor conversion, each presents the classical elements of his tradition's understanding of three fundamental, common religious questions: where to meet God, how to live, and what to hope for. Chilton and ......