Christian-Muslim Encounters

by Yvonne Yazbeck Yazbeck Haddad (Editor), Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad (Editor), Wadi Z. Haddad (Editor)

Overview

"The reader is led through the centuries, and through the varieties of regional diversity, to a serious appreciation of the richness and importance of the subject."—Sheila McDonough, Concordia University, Montreal

"This volume far surpasses others of its kind in quality and breadth.  It examines the critical issues surrounding the legitimacy, efficacy and, in some scholars' views, the very possibility of dialogue."—Tamara Sonn, University of South Florida

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.

Contributors: Mamud Ayoub, Willem A. Bijlefeld, Issa J. Boullata, John B. Carman, Kenneth Cragg, Hadia Dajani-Shakeel, Frederick Mathewson Denny, Johann Haafkens, Wadi Z. Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, David A. Kerr, Donald P. Little, Roland E. Miller, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Jorgen S. Nielsen, Sulayman S. Nyang, James E. Royster, Daniel J. Sahas, Annemarie Schimmel, Olaf Schumann, Jan Slomp, Jane I. Smith, R. Marston Speight, Mark N. Swanson, Christian W. Troll, Harold S. Vogelaar, Jacques Waardenburg, and Antonie Wessels

Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad is professor of Islamic history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Wadi Z. Haddad is professor of Islamic studies at the Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813013596
Publisher:	University Press of Florida
Publication date:	08/20/1995
Pages:	520
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.17(d)

Table of Contents

	Preface	xi
	Introduction	1
1	Christian-Muslim Studies, Islamic Studies, and the Future of Christian-Muslim Encounter	13
Part 1	The Historical Heritage
	Sacred Scriptures as the Point of Departure
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 lbn 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
	Contacts and Comparisons
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
Part 2	The Contemporary Situation
	Regional Studies
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
	Ideological and Theological Reflections
22	Some North African Intellectuals' Presentations of Islam	358
23	Christians in a Muslim State: The Recent Egyptian Debate	381
24	Isma 'il al-Faruqi in the Field of Dialogue	399
25	Religious Pluralism in the Thought of Muhammad Kamil Hussein	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