Table of Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Foreword ix
1 Narrative Introduction Waleed El-Ansary David K. Linnan 1
Religious Leaders' Introductions
2 "A Common Word Between Us and You": Motives and Applications HE Shaykh Ali Goma'a 15
3 "A Common Word" Initiative: Theoria and Praxis Seyyed Hossein Nasr 21
4 The Power of Finding Common Ground: "A Common Word" and the Invitation to Understanding The Right Reverend William O. Gregg 29
Part I Theory
A Theology
5 Islam, Christianity, the Enlightenment: "A Common Word" and Muslim-Christian Relations Ibrahim Kalin 41
6 Mutual Theological Hospitality: Doing Theology in the Presence of the "Other" Daniel A. Madigan 57
B Mysticism
7 Spirituality and Other Religions: Meditations upon Some Deeper Dimensions of "A Common Word Between Us and You" Caner Dagli 69
8 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Interfaith Dialogue: Mystical Principles, Practical Initiatives John Chryssavgis 81
9 What of the Word Is Common" Joseph Lumbard 93
10 Disagreeing to Agree: A Christian Response to "A Common Word" James S. Cutsinger 111
11 Theological Parallels and Metaphysical Meeting Points: Christ and the Word in Christianity and Islam Maria M. Dakake 131
Part II Applications
A Environment and Climate Change
12 Islamic Environmental Economics and the Three Dimensions of Islam: "A Common Word" on the Environment as Neighbor Waleed El-Ansary 143
13 Reassessing the Role of Religion in Western Climate Change Decision-Making Cinnamon P. Carlarne 159
B Human Rights and Ethics
14 In Pursuit of a "New Secular": Human Rights and "A Common Word" Nicholas Adams 175
15 Multiculturalism in Indonesia: Human Rights in Practice Harkristuti Harkrisnowo 189
16 The "Common Word," Development, and Human Rights: African and Catholic Perspectives Joseph M. Isanga 201
C Development
17 An Islamic Perspective on Economic Development Zamir Iqbal and Abbas Mirakhor 221
18 A Common View of Development: Richer Versus Better, and Who Decides" David K. Linnan 235
Bibliography 259
Contributors 279
Index 283
