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Authors: Yvonne Yazbeck Yazbeck Haddad (Editor), Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad (Editor), Wadi Z. Haddad
ISBN-13: 9780813013596, ISBN-10: 0813013593
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Date Published: October 1995
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad

Book Synopsis

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 engaged today, enlightening current interpolitical, intersocial, and intereconomic relationships. Covering geographical, historical, and methodological topics that range from medieval scripture to contemporary theological reflections and including contributions from both Muslims and Christians, the essays will interest scholars of Islamic history and political science, religious leaders, and the general public.

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