Peace-Building By, Between, and Beyond

This timely work addresses sensitive issues and relations between Muslims and Evangelical Christians around the world. The book uniquely captures the opportunity for Christians and Muslims to come together and discuss pertinent issues such as pluralism, governance, preaching, Christian missionary efforts, and general misperceptions of Muslim and Christian communities. Joint authorship and discussion within the book is used to offer dialogue and responses between different contributors. This dialogue reveals that Christians and Muslims hold many things in common while having meaningful differences. It also shows the value of honestly sharing convictions while respecting and hearing the beliefs of another. Book jacket.

Mohammed Abu-Nimer is a professor in the international peace and conflict resolution program at American University, the founder and director of the Salam Institute for Peace and Justice, and director of the Peacebuilding and Development Institute at American University. David Augsburger is professor of pastoral care and counseling and of conflict transformation studies at Fuller Theological Seminary.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Peace-building, Nonviolence, and Conflict Resolution
The Practices of Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Conflict Transformation	p. 3
Forgiveness in Muslim Thought and Practice: Response to Augsburger's "The Practices of Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Conflict Transformation"	p. 13
Muslim Perspectives on War and Peace	p. 19
Response to S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana's "Perspectives on War and Peace"	p. 49
Ten Just-Peacemaking Practices That Work	p. 61
Response to Stassen's "Ten Just-Peacemaking Practices that Work"	p. 81
Religious Diversity and Identity
The Qur'anic Perspective on Religious Pluralism	p. 91
I Am As My Servant Thinks of Me: Theology and Identity in a Plural Society	p. 103
Response to Hassan's "The Qur'anic Perspective on Religious Pluralism" and Harris's "I Am As My Servant Thinks of Me"	p. 111
Social Location and Christian Identity: Some Historical Perspectives	p. 115
Response to Shenk and Dueck's "Social Location and Christian Identity"	p. 129
Interfaith and Intrafaith Dialogue
Theological Foundation of Interfaith Dialogue and Peaceful Coexistence: The Qur'an's Universal Perspectives	p. 135
Fear and Muslim-Christian Conflict Transformation: Resources from Attachment Theory and Affect Regulation	p. 157
Toward Mutual Respectful Witness	p. 171
The Right to Religious Conversion: Between Apostasy and Proselytization	p. 179
Response to Chapters	p. 195
A Christian Response to Chapters on Interfaith Dialogue	p. 203
Contemporary Issues, Case Studies
Rethinking Human Rights: A Common Challenge for Muslims and Christians	p. 215
Let Peace Flourish: Descriptive and Applied Research from the Conflict Transformation Study	p. 233
Abrahamic Faiths: Models of Interfaith Dialogue in the United States (A Case Study of Rochester, New York, Experience)	p. 255
Response to Part IV Chapters	p. 271
Conclusion	p. 275
Appendixes	p. 281
Index	p. 301
About the Contributors	p. 305
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