Christian Lives Given to the Study of Islam / / ed. by Christian W. Troll, C.T.R. Hewer.

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• MitwirkendeR: Borrmans, Maurice,; Burrell, David B.,; Cragg, Kenneth,; Crollius, Arij Roest,; D’Ambra, Sebastiano,; D’Souza, Andreas,; Ellul, Joseph,; Fitzgerald, Michael L.,; Gaudeul, Jean-Marie,; Hewer, C. T. R.,; Jackson, Paul,; Körner, Felix,; Lagarde, Michel,; Lamb, Christopher,; Madigan, Daniel,; Marshall, David,; McAuliffe, Jane,; Michel, Thomas,; Platti, Emilio,; Pruvost, Lucie,; Renaud, Etienne,; Ryan, Patrick,; Scattolin, Giuseppe,; Sicard, Sigvard von,; Slomp, Jan,; Troll, Christian W.,; Zannini, Francesco,; tot Sevenaer, Christiaan van Nispen,
• HerausgeberIn: Hewer, C.T.R.,; Troll, Christian W.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2022]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

This book captures the autobiographical reflections of twenty-eight Christian men and women who, in the wake of the Second Vatican Council, committed their lives to the study of Islam and to practical Christian–Muslim relations in new and irenic ways. Their contributions come from across the spectrum of the Western church and record what drew them into the study of Islam. Their accounts take us to twenty-five countries and into all the branches of Islamic studies: Qur’an, Hadith, Shari’a, Sufism, philology, theology, and philosophy. They give fascinating insights into personal encounters with Islam and Muslims, speak of the ways in which their Christian traditions of spiritual training formed and nourished them, and deal with some of the misunderstandings and opposition they have faced along the way.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Tents of Kedar -- Following a Path of Dialogue -- God-Consciousness -- Called from My Mother’s Womb -- A Life between Church and Islam: Seeking True Discernment -- A Philosophical-Theologian’s Journey -- A Pilgrimage amongst the Treasures of Islamic Traditions -- Seeking a Theological Encounter -- Engaging in Christian–Muslim Relations: A Personal Journey -- All Over the World, the Spirit Is Moving -- Synchronized Spiritualities -- On Being a Servant of Reconciliation -- A Man of Dialogue -- A Boy from God’s Country -- Teaching the Religion of Others -- An Engagement with Islam -- Liminality: Living on Borders -- Growing in Love and Truth with Muslims -- An Interfaith Experience of Dialogue as Love in Action, Silence, and Harmony -- Spiritual Paths as Ways of Dialogue -- A Dominican Friar in a Land of Immigration and in a Land of Islam -- How Did You End Up in Islamic Studies? -- A Call to Muslim–Christian Dialogue -- Grace Builds on Nature -- A Lenten Journey -- Journeying toward God -- “From the brook by the path” Formation and Transformation in Meeting Muslims -- Intelligence, Humility and Confi dence An Agenda for Christian Engagement with Islam -- So What Have We Learned? -- Contributors