Tuesday, 4 September 2012

10 essays on Christian theological engagement with Islam

originally given as papers at a series of seminars held at Campion Hall, Oxford in 2010 and 2011, supported by Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs the essays can now be downloaded

The authors and titles are:-
David Marshall, “Muhammad in Contemporary Christian Theological Reflection”
Daniel A. Madigan SJ, “Revisionist Historiography and Christian Attitudes towards Muhammad”
David Marshall, “Roman Catholic Approaches to the Qur’ān since Vatican II”
Martin Whittingham, “‘Deciding by the Gospel’: Some Protestant Christian Responses to the Qur’ān since the Nineteenth Century”
Michael Ipgrave, “Provocation and Resonance: Sacramental Spirituality in the Context of Islam”
Catriona Laing, “Constance Padwick’s Study of Muslim Devotion: a Provocation to Christian Mission”
Gavin D’Costa, ‘Interreligious Prayer between Christians and Muslims’
Richard Sudworth, “Christian Responses to the Political Challenge of Islam”
Damian Howard SJ, “Islam and Christianity: on ‘Religions of Law’”
Gavin D’Costa, “Do Christians and Muslims Believe in the Same God? Reflections on Miroslav Volf’s Allah: A Christian Response”

There are also a number of questions for further reflection.

Questions can be addressed to  the organiser of the seminar series, Revd David Marshall (revdem63@yahoo.co.uk).