Things that make for peace: traversing text and tradition in Christianity and Islam
First things / Anthony Rees -- Peace, nonviolence, and Islam / Zeki Saritoprak -- Like lightning? : Luke 17:22-37 revisited in interfaith perspective / David J. Neville -- The prophets as archetypes of peace in the Qur'an : the use and nonuse of Isrā ʼīliyyāt sources in the story of Mūsa / Mahs...
| Subtitles: | Traversing text and tradition in Christianity and Islam |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham Boulder New York London
Lexington Books
[2020]
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Christianity
/ Church peace movement
/ Islam
/ Peacekeeping forces
/ World peace
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| RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations BJ Islam CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
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| Summary: | First things / Anthony Rees -- Peace, nonviolence, and Islam / Zeki Saritoprak -- Like lightning? : Luke 17:22-37 revisited in interfaith perspective / David J. Neville -- The prophets as archetypes of peace in the Qur'an : the use and nonuse of Isrā ʼīliyyāt sources in the story of Mūsa / Mahsheed Ansari and Hakan Coruh -- From cultures of violence to ways of peace : reading the Benedictus in the context of Australia's treatment of asylum seekers in offshore detention / Anne Elvey -- A prophetic stance against violence : analysis of the Meccan period of prophet Muhammad's life and the centrality of peace as a preferred method / Suleyman Sertkaya -- Leaving judgment to God : Jonah's struggle / Marie-Louise Craig -- An apocalypse that welcomes others? Reading Revelation peacefully / U-Wen Low. In a world that increasingly sees religion as a source of violence, this book explores resources from within religious traditions that might help build peace. Drawing from the rich textual histories of Christianity and Islam, the contributors mine their faith traditions for ways of thinking and ways of being that help shift perceptions about religion, and actively contribute to the growth of peace in our troubled times. Not content with retreat into religious exclusivism, these essays are an act of sharing something held dear. In sharing, the thing offered no longer remains the possession of the one who offers, and so these essays are an act of vulnerability and trust-building. In sharing precious things together, in giving and receiving, peace becomes not only a matter of dialogue, but also shared commitments to ways of being In this book, Christian and Islamic scholars explore aspects of their own tradition and draw from sacred texts and history to offer readings of the traditions that contest assumptions that the religions are inherently violent and that offer a more hopeful and peaceful vision |
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| ISBN: | 1498591647 |