Sin, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation

Lucinda Mosher, assistant academic director, Building Bridges Seminar, is a faculty associate in Interfaith Studies at Hartford Seminary. David Marshall, academic director, Building Bridges Seminar, is director of the Anglican Episcopal House of Studies and associate research professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations at Duke Divinity School.

• Introduction Part I: Overviews Sin, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation: A Christian Perspective Veli-Matti Karkkainen Sin, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation: A Muslim Perspective Jonathan A. C. Brown Part II: Sin Changing Places: Understanding Sin in Relation to a Graceful GodChristoph Schwobel The Concept of Sin the Qur'an in the Light of the Story of AdamAyman Shabana Scripture Dialogues on Sin Part III: Forgiveness Forgiveness and Redemption in Christian UnderstandingSusan Eastman Divine Forgiveness in Islamic Scripture and ThoughtMohammad Hassan Khalil Scripture Dialogues on Forgiveness Part IV: Reconciliation Reconciliation Between People: Christian PerspectivesPhilip Sheldrake Reconciliation and Peacemaking in the Qur'anAsma Afsaruddin Scripture Dialogues on Reconciliation Part V: Reflection Conversation in VirginiaLucinda Mosher Index

A useful tool for more research-minded Muslims and Christians of any denomination to pinpoint doctrinal congruencies and disparities and to explore alternative methods of reconciling them. Providence