Christian Theology and Islam

Michael Root is Professor of Systematic Theology at The Catholic University of America and Executive Director of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology. He was formerly the Director of the Institute for Ecumenical Research, Strasbourg, France.James J. Buckley is Professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland. He has recently contributed to and edited (with Frederick Bauerschmidt and Trent Pomplun) 'The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism' (Blackwells, 2007). He is associate director of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology.

• Introduction - Michael Root and James J. Buckley1. The Unity and Trinity of God. Christian Doctrinal Development in Response to the Challenge of Islam - Sidney H. Griffith2. Abu Ra'itah al-Takriti and God's Divine Pedagogy - Sandra Keating3. Apology, or its Evasion? Some Ninth-Century Arabic Christian Texts on Discerning the True Religion - Mark N. Swanson4.Christian theology in conversation with Judaism and Islam - David B. Burrell, C.S.C.5. The Missing Peace of Evangelical Missiology. Peacemaking and Respectful Witness - Rick Love6. In Search of New Approaches to Inter- and Intra-Religious Christian and Muslim Debates - Nelly van Doorn-Harder.Short descriptions of authors and editors.Index

Christian Theology and Islam is a fascinatingly ecclectic book. ... This would be a usefull addition to the shelves of a library or specialist scholar, but anyone with any interest in engaging with muslims should buy the book just for chapters three and five.