Christian-Muslim Dialogue Research Articles

Book Review: No God but God: A Path to Muslim-Christian Dialogue on God's Nature

Book Review: No God but God: A Path to Muslim-Christian Dialogue on God's Nature

Al-D˛am L ¥ r, Human Conscience and Christian-Muslim Relations

Can human conscience be a uniting bond between Christians and Muslims, across moral and religious differences? This article discusses the notion of d˛am L ¥ r as employed by the Egyptian Muslim authors ˛Abba ¥ s Mah˛mu ¥ d al-˛Aqqa ¥ d, Kha ¥ lid Muh˛ammad Kha ¥ lid and M. Ka ¥ mil H˛usayn. In the 1950s and 1960s, these authors used the notion of d˛am L ¥ r to express the inward dimension of Islamic ethics. As Islamic humanists, they also used it to express what Muhammad and Jesus, Muslims and Christians, may 'know together' in the field of ethics. The modern Egyptian material is related to some observations on the semantic history of d˛am L ¥ r, and a discussion of the conceptual history of conscience in Christian tradition and European philosophy. The article proposes that a constitutive element in the notion of conscience is the tension between 'knowing by oneself' and 'knowing with others'. In a broader perspective, the article discusses conscience as a globalized concept, and its importance for a Christian-Muslim dialogue which respects the difference of the Other.

Implications of the Islamic revival for Christian-Muslim dialogue in Asia

Implications of the Islamic revival for Christian-Muslim dialogue in Asia

The Integrity of Interfaith Dialogue

Since the second half of the last century, not only has there been much talk of interfaith dialogue but also meetings and activities aimed at promoting interfaith dialogue in general and Christian-Muslim dialogue in particular have become common phenomena. Despite the modest gains made through dialogue in promoting better understanding between people of different religions, dialogue has become increasingly vulnerable to popular mistrust in the eyes of many in the Western, but even more in the non-Western, worlds. Dialogue is perceived by many as an attempt to undermine faith in order to preserve interfaith harmony and to promote peaceful co-existence at the expense of honest engagement and discussion. To build confidence in dialogue amongst people from the non-Western world, I have identified five main issues that need critical re-examination, namely: theological issues and the general notion that truth claims are the main stumbling blocks to dialogue; the relationship between mission or propagation and dialogue; the challenge of inherited traditions in relation to the negative and hostile depictions of the Other; the burden of the past and the need to be honest with ourselves and partners in dialogue; and facing the challenge of re-examining our presuppositions about the Other in light of existential realities.

An Ethnographic Reflection on Muslim-Christian Dialogue in the North of France: The context of laïcité1

This article argues that laïcité is one of the most important issues facing Muslims in France, and French society as a whole. It contains an analysis of the historical meaning of laïcité, its relationship with secularization and secularity and the effect it has had on Muslims in contemporary France. Although laïcité and some of its interpretations have been causes of tense relations between Muslims in France and the rest of French society, the alliances and divisions which have emerged have not always been along confessional lines. As well as Muslims having a diversity of attitudes towards laïcité, members of other religions are faced with similar challenges. Openness and dialogue between Muslims and Christians in France appear to have increased in recent years, perhaps beyond other countries in Europe, and this article hypothesizes that this is due to the common challenge of laïcité . More precisely, dialogue in France is practical, formal and bilateral, in contrast to the United Kingdom, for example, where it is theoretical, informal and multilateral. These hypotheses are supported by establishing the social significance of Muslim-Christian dialogue, and by citing published experiences and analyses of Muslim-Christian dialogue, qualitative research which I undertook in the Lille area and comparative ethnography (the point of comparison being the United Kingdom, the ethnography concentrated in Glasgow). This article insists on the complexities of relations between Muslims, Christians, French society and laïcité, and examines their nature and significance. The common challenge of laïcité and the process of inter-religious dialogue are themselves complex phenomena, and this contributes to the specific alliances and divisions which can be seen.

Striving Together in Dialogue: A Muslim-Christian call to reflection and action

This document is published by the World Council of Churches and other partners, including Islamic organizations and specialized journals. Hopefully, it will be widely circulated and used in discussions and educational programs. It is the fruit of a Muslim-Christian meeting held in Amersfoort, Netherlands in November 2000. Convened by the World Council of Churches, it took stock of the various Christian-Muslim dialogue initiatives of this organization since 1991. During the last nine years, Christian and Muslim religious leaders, educators and activists have discussed the thorny and sometimes divisive issues of religion, law and society, human rights, religious freedom, community rights, mission and da'w # and communal tensions. This document draws largely on their questions, reflections and conclusions.

HERIBERT BUSSE, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity: Theological and Historical Affiliations, trans. Allison Brown, Princeton Series on the Middle East (Princeton, N.J.: Markus Wiener Publishers, 1998). Pp. 207.

This book has, at the very least, four purposes: (1) to introduce general readers to the early history of Islam; (2) to sketch some of the salient features of the relationships among Muslims, Jews, and Christians in the Arabian Peninsula in the time leading up to and including the 7th century; (3) to summarize, compare, and contrast some of the key stories about figures in the Qur⊃an and Bible; and (4) to point to several of the key events, publications, and Muslim and Christian intellectuals involved in Muslim–Christian dialogue during modern times. The volume is divided into six chapters. In the Introduction, Busse introduces some of the key concepts within Islam and several significant 19th- and 20th-century scholarly works on Islam by Western writers. In the second chapter, he examines the political and religious background of the rise of Islam (giving particular attention to the pre-Islamic religious practices endemic to 7th-century Arabia as well as the historic presence of Jews and Christians in that region), the role of Mecca as a trading center, the complexities of the relationship of the Hanifs to the early Muslim community, and the various textual and oral sources which Muhammad may have used in the formulation of the Qur⊃an.

MUSLIM‐CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION IN THE THOUGHT OF BEDIUZZAMAN SAID NURSI

The Muslim WorldVolume 89, Issue 3-4 p. 325-335 MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION IN THE THOUGHT OF BEDIUZZAMAN SAID NURSI THOMAS MICHEL, S., THOMAS MICHEL, S.Search for more papers by this author THOMAS MICHEL, S., THOMAS MICHEL, S.Search for more papers by this author First published: 03 April 2007 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-1913.1999.tb02751.xCitations: 1AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume89, Issue3-4October 1999Pages 325-335 RelatedInformation

Medieval Philosophical Discourse and Muslim-Christian Dialogue

As pluralistic societies in the West become the nonn and the "globalvillage" becomes a reality, ecumenical dialogues gain prominence.Ecumenical dialogues, which, like many other discussions, first beganamong scholars as an exclusively academic activity, now take place inchurches, corrununities, and other sociopolitical organizations. In theUnited States, in particular, attempts are being made to introduce educationalcurricula that are sensitive to the culture and religious orientations ofminorities.The very feasibility of a Christian-Muslim dialogue should be calledinto question. Can the Islamic world enter into a dialogue with the secularWest? Any dialogue or discourse requires a corrunon language, a sharedworldview, and some basic agreement on some of the fundamental axiomsaround which a worldview is formed. I fear that the Islamic world and theWest no longer have such a common language.In the present discussion, I will offer an analysis and interpretation ofMuslim-Christian dialogue that calls for a reflection on the readiness ofMuslims to have a meaningful dialogue with the West. I argue that the necessarycondition for a meaningful dialogue between traditional Islam andthe secular West does not exist and, therefore, that any attempt to do so atthis time either will not succeed or will become a superficial survey of whatwe have in common, such as the Ten Commandments. To elucidate, I willfirst offer a model of a successful dialogue between Muslims and Christiansbased on the medieval philosophical dialogue between Muslim and Christianphilosophers. I will then apply the conclusions drawn from this modelto contemporary attempts at such ecumenical dialogues.Any student of medieval philosophy can observe two distinct periodsin the history of medieval philosophy, defined here as early and later,each of which has distinct characteristics. The early period belongs to theChurch fathers who laid the groundwork for Christian philosophical andtheological frameworks. Early Christian philosophical writings of suchfigures as Augustine, Boethius, John Scotus, St. Anselm, Peter Abaillard,and others were responses to specific questions of an intellectual nature ...

Recognize the Spiritual Bonds which Unite Us: Sixteen Years of Christian-Muslim Dialogue edited by T. Michel and M. Fitzgerald

Recognize the Spiritual Bonds which Unite Us: Sixteen Years of Christian-Muslim Dialogue edited by T. Michel and M. Fitzgerald

Sources du dialogue islamo-chrétien hispanique

The article provides an analysis of the sources of the Muslim-Christian dialogue on the Iberian Peninsula during the period of Islamic conquest. The article identifies different theological, politico-geographic, and social-economic sources, in addition to the influence of external contacts, etc.

Muhammad and the Christian

Muslim-Christian dialogue is an area in which Muslim interest and involvement has increased as greater numbers of Muslims have come to the West and settled and interacted with local populations. From the Muslim point of view the early dialogues with Christian missionaries in the colonial period largely consisted of apologetic reactions and defences against attacks on Islamic beliefs and practices. Today dialogue, at least in some areas, allows a sharing by participants of their respective ideals and world views in search of a common ground for peaceful co-existence and mutual respect. Since Islamic theology incorporates a position on the status of other religions which is based on the Qur'an, it is both more easy and in some ways more difficult for Muslims to dialogue with their neighbors. The broad themes of salvation and righteousness are clearly articulated, and it is the more specific issues which may remain points of contention. Those interested in Christian-Muslim dialogue may wish to examine a recent work Muhammad and the Christian by Kenneth Cragg, an Anglican Bishop who knows Arabic and is the author of a number of books on Islam. In this work, speaking as a Christian, Cragg attempts to formulate an appropriate "positive" Christian response to Prophet Muhammad and the Qur'an. In nine chapters. the major topics of which are usefully summarized in the table of contents, the author addresses themes such as: the role of Prophet Muhammad in history, the Islamic understanding of Muhammad, the role of the Sunna, and the contents of the Qur'an. The author focuses primarily on Islamic understandings of God and the Prophet rather than on traditional fields of Muslim/Christian controversy such as the divinity of Jesus, the Trinity, the crucifixion, and so on. It is a work for those already knowledgeable about each religion since many complex points of faith are raised and discussed, occasionally with a subtlety verging on abstruseness. On the positive side, although the book is primarily addressed to the Christian reader, the Muslim who reads Cragg's reflections will at certain points be moved to reflect more deeply on the existential ...

The Prophet Muhammad in Christian Theological Perspective

The real nature of the Prophet Muhammad (may God's mercy and blessing be upon him) is perhaps the central issue of Christian-Muslim dialogue, for if Muhammad is a true prophet who delivered his message faithfully, what is there to prevent a sincere man to accept his call to Islam?

Book Review: Christians Meeting Muslims: WCC Papers on Ten Years of Christian-Muslim Dialogue

Book Review: Christians Meeting Muslims: WCC Papers on Ten Years of Christian-Muslim Dialogue

Book Review: Christian Mission to the Muslims: The Record. Anglican and Reformed Approaches in India and the near East, 1800–1938., Christians Meeting Muslims. WCC Papers on Ten Years of Christian-Muslim Dialogue

Book Review: Christian Mission to the Muslims: The Record. Anglican and Reformed Approaches in India and the near East, 1800–1938., Christians Meeting Muslims. WCC Papers on Ten Years of Christian-Muslim Dialogue

History of Religions: Its Nature and Significance for Christian Education and the Muslim-Christian Dialogue (Continuation)

History of Religions: Its Nature and Significance for Christian Education and the Muslim-Christian Dialogue (Continuation)

History of Religions: Its Nature and Significance for Christian Education and the Muslim-Christian Dialogue

History of Religions: Its Nature and Significance for Christian Education and the Muslim-Christian Dialogue