Reclaiming Beauty for the Good of the World Muslim & Christian Creativity as Moral Power

Here is a truly fresh approach to interfaith dialogue: through the creativity of artists inspired by their Muslim or Christian faith, and through the creative lives of people who give a human face To The beauty at the core of both faiths. The book is divided into three Parts. -Part One shows the centrality of God's Beauty in both faiths. -Part Two presents the sacred arts of both religions, with special attention to contemporary Christian and Muslim artists' honouring of God's Beauty. -Part Three focuses on Christians' and Muslims' honouring of God's Beauty in their behaviour. Again, The focus is on contemporary examples. -After each Part the authors include a dialogue between a representative Christian and Muslim in which the two religions reflect, honestly and joyfully, On their similarities and differences.

George Dardess is an ordained deacon in the Roman Catholic Church and the author of Do We Worship the Same God: Comparing the Bible and the Qur'an and Meeting Islam: A Guide for Christians. Peggy Rosenthal is the author of Imagine a World: Poetry for Peacemakers and Praying through Poetry: Hope for Violent Times. They both live in Rochester, New York.