Mouchir Basile Aoun is Professor of Philosophy at the Lebanese University in Beirut where he teaches the history of German philosophy and hermeneutics. He is the author of several works on philosophy and religion which have been published in Arabic,English, French and German.

• Preface to the English edition: The painful advent of the Arab ChristIntroductionPart One: SETTING AND UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS FOR A THEOLOGY OF CONVIVIALITY1. The Problem of ContextLebanese human realities and their sociopolitical implicationsThe different elements of ecclesiastical life2. The challenges of a problematic political theologyThe political struggles of the Christian faith: causes and challengesLebanese political life as a forum for theological rehabilitationTowards a realistic political utopia3. Theological thinking in LebanonThe problem of the teaching of theologyThe history of theological thinking in LebanonThe teaching of theology at university level in Lebanon: the current situationChallenges and opportunities for the future of theology in Lebanon4. The beginnings of a contemporary Arab Christian theologyThe crisis in current Arab theological thinking Sketching out a contextual Arab theologyThe conditions that might enable a new Arab contextual theologyPart Two: THE THEOLOGY OF CONVIVIALITY:PATHWAYS AND MODELS1. The Abrahamic heritageTowards a new Christian theology of IslamThe new theological vocation of Arab Christians2. The Ishmaelian fraternityIslam in the calling of IshmaelTowards a Christian theological understanding of Islam3. The divine economy as the foundation for convivialityGeorges Khodr’s theological thinking and his fundamental assumptionsThe unicity of divine love as foundation for an Arab theologyof convivialityTowards a Christ-inspired Islam: a new theology of OthernessArab Christianity and convivialityThe opportunities and limitations of a re-examined inclusivist theology4. Liberation: the site of fraternityThe preferential option of Christian radicalismTowards an Arab theology of liberationA liberated and liberating Christology5. The vocation of an Arab theology of convivialityDeveloping a new foundation for convivialityLebanese conviviality: distinctiveness, challenges and promisesThe authentic human, the promised land of convivialityConclusion

'In this compelling text, Mouchir Basile Aoun highlights the challenges of re-thinking a contextual Christian theology of conviviality in times of sheer devastation. In a sober assessment of the current realities of Lebanon and the broader Arab World, he ponders over the increasingly arduous task of developing a life-and-hope-affirming theology. Christian witness in a deeply troubled environment necessitates such a theology, and for Aoun it can only be worked out in togetherness and solidarity with fellow Muslims of the region.' Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab Associate Professor of Philosophy, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

Mouchir Basile Aoun is Professor of Philosophy at the Lebanese University in Beirut where he teaches the history of German philosophy and hermeneutics. He is the author of several works on philosophy and religion which have been published in Arabic,English, French and German.

• Preface to the English edition: The painful advent of the Arab ChristIntroductionPart One: SETTING AND UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS FOR A THEOLOGY OF CONVIVIALITY1. The Problem of ContextLebanese human realities and their sociopolitical implicationsThe different elements of ecclesiastical life2. The challenges of a problematic political theologyThe political struggles of the Christian faith: causes and challengesLebanese political life as a forum for theological rehabilitationTowards a realistic political utopia3. Theological thinking in LebanonThe problem of the teaching of theologyThe history of theological thinking in LebanonThe teaching of theology at university level in Lebanon: the current situationChallenges and opportunities for the future of theology in Lebanon4. The beginnings of a contemporary Arab Christian theologyThe crisis in current Arab theological thinking Sketching out a contextual Arab theologyThe conditions that might enable a new Arab contextual theologyPart Two: THE THEOLOGY OF CONVIVIALITY:PATHWAYS AND MODELS1. The Abrahamic heritageTowards a new Christian theology of IslamThe new theological vocation of Arab Christians2. The Ishmaelian fraternityIslam in the calling of IshmaelTowards a Christian theological understanding of Islam3. The divine economy as the foundation for convivialityGeorges Khodr’s theological thinking and his fundamental assumptionsThe unicity of divine love as foundation for an Arab theologyof convivialityTowards a Christ-inspired Islam: a new theology of OthernessArab Christianity and convivialityThe opportunities and limitations of a re-examined inclusivist theology4. Liberation: the site of fraternityThe preferential option of Christian radicalismTowards an Arab theology of liberationA liberated and liberating Christology5. The vocation of an Arab theology of convivialityDeveloping a new foundation for convivialityLebanese conviviality: distinctiveness, challenges and promisesThe authentic human, the promised land of convivialityConclusion

'In this compelling text, Mouchir Basile Aoun highlights the challenges of re-thinking a contextual Christian theology of conviviality in times of sheer devastation. In a sober assessment of the current realities of Lebanon and the broader Arab World, he ponders over the increasingly arduous task of developing a life-and-hope-affirming theology. Christian witness in a deeply troubled environment necessitates such a theology, and for Aoun it can only be worked out in togetherness and solidarity with fellow Muslims of the region.' Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab Associate Professor of Philosophy, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

Mouchir Basile Aoun is Professor of Philosophy at the Lebanese University in Beirut where he teaches the history of German philosophy and hermeneutics. He is the author of several works on philosophy and religion which have been published in Arabic,English, French and German.

• Preface to the English edition: The painful advent of the Arab ChristIntroductionPart One: SETTING AND UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS FOR A THEOLOGY OF CONVIVIALITY1. The Problem of ContextLebanese human realities and their sociopolitical implicationsThe different elements of ecclesiastical life2. The challenges of a problematic political theologyThe political struggles of the Christian faith: causes and challengesLebanese political life as a forum for theological rehabilitationTowards a realistic political utopia3. Theological thinking in LebanonThe problem of the teaching of theologyThe history of theological thinking in LebanonThe teaching of theology at university level in Lebanon: the current situationChallenges and opportunities for the future of theology in Lebanon4. The beginnings of a contemporary Arab Christian theologyThe crisis in current Arab theological thinking Sketching out a contextual Arab theologyThe conditions that might enable a new Arab contextual theologyPart Two: THE THEOLOGY OF CONVIVIALITY:PATHWAYS AND MODELS1. The Abrahamic heritageTowards a new Christian theology of IslamThe new theological vocation of Arab Christians2. The Ishmaelian fraternityIslam in the calling of IshmaelTowards a Christian theological understanding of Islam3. The divine economy as the foundation for convivialityGeorges Khodr’s theological thinking and his fundamental assumptionsThe unicity of divine love as foundation for an Arab theologyof convivialityTowards a Christ-inspired Islam: a new theology of OthernessArab Christianity and convivialityThe opportunities and limitations of a re-examined inclusivist theology4. Liberation: the site of fraternityThe preferential option of Christian radicalismTowards an Arab theology of liberationA liberated and liberating Christology5. The vocation of an Arab theology of convivialityDeveloping a new foundation for convivialityLebanese conviviality: distinctiveness, challenges and promisesThe authentic human, the promised land of convivialityConclusion

'In this compelling text, Mouchir Basile Aoun highlights the challenges of re-thinking a contextual Christian theology of conviviality in times of sheer devastation. In a sober assessment of the current realities of Lebanon and the broader Arab World, he ponders over the increasingly arduous task of developing a life-and-hope-affirming theology. Christian witness in a deeply troubled environment necessitates such a theology, and for Aoun it can only be worked out in togetherness and solidarity with fellow Muslims of the region.' Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab Associate Professor of Philosophy, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies