World of Inequalities

Lucinda Mosher is the rapporteur of the Building Bridges Seminar and coeditor of seven previous volumes generated by that dialogue. Concurrently, she is Hartford Seminary’s Faculty Associate in Interfaith Studies and an affiliate of its Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations. She holds a doctor of theology degree from the General Theological Seminary (NYC).

• ParticipantsIntroductionPart One: Overviews Unjust Inequality as a Challenge for Contemporary Islam, Ovamir AnjumThe Challenges of a World of Inequalities for Christians Today, David Hollenbach, SJ Part Two: Muslims and Christians Facing the Reality of InequalityGender and Islam: Obstacles and Possibilities, Samia HuqThe Problem of Race in Christianity, Elizabeth PhillipsNationality and Ethnicity in West Africa: An Economic and Religious Perspective on Inequalities, François Pazisnewende Kaboré, SJIslam and the Challenge of Sociopolitical Equality: The Contribution of Religious Creed, Sherman A. JacksonCaste and Social Class in the Christian and Islamic Communities of South Asia, Sunil CalebSlavery: Source of Theological Tension, Jonathan BrownPart Three: Inequality, the Bible, and the Christian TraditionInequality in the Old Testament, Leslie J. Hoppe, OFMOld Testament Texts for Dialogue on InequalitiesFor All of You Are One in Christ Jesus? The New Testament Witnesses on Ethnic, Economic, Social, Religious, Racial, and Gender Inequality, Christopher M. HaysNew Testament Texts for Dialogue on InequalitiesPart Four: Inequality, the Quran, and HadithRacial, Religious, and Gender Equality: Reflections on Quranic Texts, Abdullah SaeedQuran and Hadith Texts for Dialogue on Human Nature, Gender, Ethnicity, Religion, and InequalityEconomic Equality and Inequality: An Introduction to Selected Quranic Texts, Abdullah SaeedQuran and Hadith Texts for Dialogue on Economic InequalityPart Five: Possibilities and Obstacles toward a Common Ethic of EqualityThree Strands Leading to the Edge: Considering the Possibility of a Common Ethic of Equality, C. Rosalee Velloso EwellMuslim-Christian Bridges: Toward a Shared Theology of Human Development?, Azza KaramPart Six: ReflectionsConsidering Inequalities as Scholars of Faith: Reflections on Bridge-Building in Sarajevo, Lucinda Mosher

[This book] ... provide[s] the basis for profound and hope-filled dialogues between Muslims and Christians on the international, national and local levels.... [H]ighly recommended!