Christian-Muslim Encounters

, by Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck; Haddad, Wadi Zaydan; Hartford Seminary Foundation

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ISBN: 9780813013596 | 0813013593
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Copyright: 10/1/1995

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The authors of these essays examine the ways in which Muslims and Christians worldwide have encountered one another over 1,400 years and the ways in which they are engages today, enlightening current interpolitical, intersocial, and intereconomic relationships.

Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Christian-Muslim Studies, Islamic Studies, and the Future of Christian-Muslim Encounter	p. 13
The Historical Heritage
Sacred Scriptures as the Point of Departure
Fa-stabiqu 'l-khayrat: A Qur'anic Principle of Interfaith Relations	p. 43
Some Biblical Considerations Relevant to the Encounter Between Traditions	p. 54
Jesus the Son of God: A Study of the Terms lbn and Walad in the Qur'an and Tafsir Tradition	p. 65
A Tenth-Century Speculative Theologian's Refutation of the Basic Doctrines of Christianity: al-Baqillani (d. A.D. 1013)	p. 82
Ibn Taymiyya and the Kitab al-Burhan: A Muslim Controversialist Responds to a Ninth-Century Arabic Christian Apology	p. 95
Contacts and Comparisons
"Holosphyros?" A Byzantine Perception of "The God of Muhammad"	p. 109
Calvin and the Turks	p. 126
Jesus and Mary as Poetical Images in Rumi's Verse	p. 143
Personal Transformation in Ibn al-'Arabi and Meister Eckhart	p. 158
Muslim Attitudes toward Christians in the Maghrib during the fatimid Period, 297/909-358/969	p. 180
Some Aspects of Muslim-Frankish Christian Relations in the Sham Region in the Twelfth Century	p. 193
Christians in Mamluk Jerusalem	p. 210
Old French Travel Accounts of Muslim Beliefs Concerning the Afterlife	p. 221
The Contemporary Situation
Regional Studies
Sharing Islamically in the Pluralistic Nation-State of India: The Views of Some Contemporary Indian Muslim Leaders and Thinkers	p. 245
The Dynamics of Religious Coexistence in Kerala: Muslims, Christians, and Hindus	p. 263
Christian-Muslim Encounter in Indonesia	p. 285
The Direction of Christian-Muslim Relations in Sub-Saharan Africa	p. 300
Muslims in Europe in the Late Twentieth Century	p. 314
Challenges Facing Christian-Muslim Dialogue in the United States	p. 328
The Umma in North America: Muslim "Melting Pot" or Ethnic "Mosaic"?	p. 342
Ideological and Theological Reflections
Some North African Intellectuals' Presentations of Islam	p. 358
Christians in a Muslim State: The Recent Egyptian Debate	p. 381
Isma 'il al-Faruqi in the Field of Dialogue	p. 399
Religious Pluralism in the Thought of Muhammad Kamil Hussein	p. 411
"He Walked in the Path of the Prophets": Toward Christian Theological Recognition of the Prophethood of Muhammad	p. 426
Suspending or Postponing Theological Judgment? A Second Look at W.A. Bijlefeld's De Islam als Na-Christelijke Religie	p. 447
Comments on a Few Theological Issues in Islamic-Christian Dialogue	p. 457
Contributors	p. 468
Select Bibliography	p. 472
Index	p. 496
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