Islam and Other Religions: Pathways to

This collection of essays on various dimensions of dialogue between Islam and other religions, especially Christianity. This special volume celebrates the work of Professor Mahmoud Ayoub and reflects the themes that are central in his scholarship spanned over the last three decades and which are more relevant than ever at the inauguration of the twenty-first century. The themes reflected are the Qur'an and hadith, theology and philosophy, and Islam's interaction with other religions.

Preface: A Word on Professor Ayoub	p. vii
Introduction: The Journey of Mahmoud Ayoub	p. x
Islam and Other Religions
Christians, Muslims, Jews and Their Religions	p. 1
Eschatology: Some Muslim and Christian Data	p. 23
Two Traditions, One Space: Orthodox Christians and Muslims	p. 43
Christian-Muslim Relations into the Twenty-First Century	p. 53
Qur'an and Hadith
Symbolism and Allegory in the Qur'an: Muhammad Asad's Modernist Translation	p. 67
A Versatile Mathal: 'The Man Who Hired Laborers'	p. 79
Knowledge, Women and Gender in the Hadith: A Feminist Interpretation	p. 87
Theology, Philosophy and Mysticism
Faith and Unfaith in Pre-Occultation Shi'ism: a Study in Theology and Social History	p. 97
The Notion of Necessary Being in Fakhr al-Din al-Razi's, Philosophical Theology	p. 113
'The Poorest Form of Theism': Schopenhauer, Islam and the Perils of Comparative Hermeneutics	p. 123
Prophetic Models in Islamic and Christian Spirituality in the Thought of Ibn 'Arabi and Meister Eckhart	p. 135
Approaches and Perspectives in Dialogue
The Witness of Monotheistic Religions	p. 151
Ibn al-Sabil wa- 'Abd al-Sabur: Biography in Inter-faith Study	p. 161
Christians and Muslims before the One God	p. 175
Western Civilisation: Myth or Reality? A Debate about Power	p. 181
About Mahmoud Mustafa Ayoub	p. 193
Select Bibliography of the Works of Mahmoud M. Ayoub	p. 195
Notes on Contributors	p. 201
Index	p. 205
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