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Subject(s)

• Christianity and other religions—Islam [Browse]
• Islam—Relations—Christianity [Browse]
• Qurʼan—Christian interpretations [Browse]

Series

• Culture and civilisation in the Middle East [More in this series]
• Culture and civilization in the Middle East

Summary note

"Offering an analysis of Christian-Muslim dialogue across four centuries, this book highlights those voices of ecumenical tone which have more often used the Qur'an for drawing the two faiths together rather than pushing them apart, and amplifies the voice of the Qur'an itself. Finding that there is tremendous ecumenical ground between Christianity and Islam in the voices of their own scholars, this book ranges from a period of declining ecumenism during the first three centuries of Islam, to a period of resurging ecumenism during the most recent century until now. Among the ecumenical voices in the Christian-Muslim dialogue, this book points out that the Qur'an itself is possibly the strongest of those voices. These findings are cause for, and evidence of, hope for the Christian-Muslim relationship: that although agreement may never be reached, dialogue has led at times to very real mutual understanding and appreciation of the religious other." -- Publisher website.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction
• Part 1A. The first Christian encounters with Islam
• The history of Christianity in Arabia
• The Qur'an : the original Muslim-Christian apology
• The treaty of Muhammad with the Najrān Christians
• Conclusion to Part 1A
• Part 1B. Early history and trends in interfaith dialogue
• Introduction to Part 1B
• The Trinity
• The incarnation-- The crucifixion
• Taḥrīf
• Muhammad's prophethood
• Islamic expansion
• Comments on tone in the phases of dialogue
• Conclusion to Part 1B
• Part 2. Modern scholarship in Christian-Muslim relations
• Introduction to Part 2
• The incarnation
• The crucifixion
• Comments on tone of dialogue
• Inter-textual trends
• Conclusion to Part 2
• Part 3. Expanding the Qur'anic bridge
• Ecumenism as humble orthodoxy
• Concluding thoughts
• Bibliography
• Index.

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ISBN

• 9780415836999 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 0415836999 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN

2013001239

OCLC

820531437

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