Character of Christian-Muslim Encounter

Douglas Pratt, PhD (1984), St Andrews, Scotland, DTheol (2009) MCD Melbourne, is Professor of Religious Studies, University of Waikato, New Zealand, and Adjunct Professor, University of Bern. His most recent book is Being Open, Being Faithful: The Journey of Interreligious Dialogue (2014).Jon Hoover, PhD (2002), Birmingham, is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Nottingham. He has published Ibn Taymiyya's Theodicy of Perpetual Optimism (2007), studies on the theology of Ibn Taymiyya, among others, and essays on Christian-Muslim relations.John Davies (The Very Revd), PhD (1999), Lancaster University, is Dean of Derby Cathedral and a former Chaplain of Keble College Oxford.John Chesworth, PhD (2008), Birmingham, is project officer and co-editor with David Thomas for Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History 1500-1900. He co-edited Sharī'a in Africa Today: Reactions and Responses (2014) and has written on Christian-Muslim relations in Africa and Europe.

• Publisher’s Preface Contributor Notes General Introduction Editors1 David Thomas: The Hearing of Two Vocations—A Biographical Sketch John Davies2 Professor David Thomas—A Representative ReminiscenceAlbert Suderaraj WaltersPart 1 From the Rise of Islam to the Medieval World3 Facing the Last Day through Two Narrative Apocalyptic Figures in the Coptic-Arabic ‘Apocalypse of Pseudo-Athanasius’ Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala4 The Holy Spirit in Early Christian Dialogue with Muslims Mark Beaumont5 Yaḥyā ibn ʿAdī, Disciples and Masters: On Questions of Religious Philosophy Emilio Platti6 The Theme of Language in Christian-Muslim Discussions in the ʿAbbāsid Period: Some Christian Views Herman Teule7 A Neglected Piece of Evidence for Early Muslim Reactions to the Frankish Crusader Presence in the Levant: The ‘Jihad Chapter’ from Tuḥfat al-mulūk Alex Mallett8 Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī and Ibn ʿArabī on the Ways to Knowledge of God: Unveiling or Reflection and Reasoning?Muammer İskenderoğlu9 “Can You Find Anything Praiseworthy in My Religion?” Religious Aversion and Admiration in Medieval Christian-Muslim RelationsCharles L. Tieszen10 The First Imposition of a Badge on European Jews: The English Royal Mandate of 1218 John Tolan11 An Arabic Version of the Treatise on the Origin and History of the Thirty Pieces of Silver which Judas Received from the JewsRifaat Ebied12 Debating According to the Rules: A Conversation about the Crucifixion in al-Ḥāwī by al-Makīn Jirjis ibn al-ʿAmīdMark N. SwansonPart 2 From Early Modernity to the Present13 Islamic Anti-Christian Polemics in 16th Century Spain: The Lead Books of Granada and the Gospel of Barnabas. Beyond the Limits of tahrīfLuis F. Bernabé Pons14 Islam: An (Almost) Redundant Element in the Polish-Lithuanian/Ottoman Encounters between the 16th and 19th Centuries? Stanisław Grodź svd15 (In)tolerant Ottomans: Polemic, Perspective and the Reading of Primary Sources Claire Norton16 The Hadith in Christian-Muslim Dialogue in 19th Century India Alan M. Guenther17 Muslim Responses to Missionary Literature in Egypt in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth CenturiesUmar Ryad18 Three Pioneering Malay Works of Quranic Exegesis: A Comparative StudyPeter Riddell19 Christian-Muslim Engagement in Contemporary India: Minority Irruptions of Majoritarian Faultlines Peniel J. Rufus Rajkumar20 Scholarly Reception of Alphonse Mingana’s ‘The Transmission of the Ḳurʾān’: A Centenary Perspective Gordon Nickel21 The Role of Religious Leaders in Promoting Reconciliation in Sudan Sigvard von Sicard22 Patterns of Christian-Muslim Encounters in Sub-Saharan Africa John Azumah23 Italian Islam: Imam and Mosque TodayDavide TacchiniPart 3 Looking Ahead: From Present to Future24 The Current Situation of Christian-Muslim Relations: Emerging Challenges, Signs of Hope Jørgen S. Nielsen25 The Future of the Christian-Muslim Past: Reflecting with Charles Taylor on Interreligious RelationsDamian Howard SJ26 Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue: Towards a More Interpersonal and Spiritual EngagementRisto Jukko27 Orthodox Christians, Muslims, and the Environment: The Case for a New Sacred Science Andrew M. Sharp28 Provocation and Resonance: Sacramental Spirituality in the Context of IslamMichael Ipgrave29 Getting to Know One Another’s Hearts: The Progress, Method, and Potential of the Building Bridges SeminarLucinda Allen Mosher30 Anglican Interreligious Relations in Generous Love: Indebted to and Moving from Vatican IIRichard J. Sudworth31 The Interfaith Landscape and Liturgical Places David Cheetham32 Textual Authority and Hermeneutical Adventure: Three 21st Century Dialogue Initiatives Douglas Pratt33 Transfiguring Mission: From Arabic Dallas to Interfaith Discovery Clare AmosDavid R. Thomas Academic Publications Index 601