A record of the 2015 Building Bridges Seminar for leading Christian and Muslim scholars, this collection of essays explores the nature of divine and human agency through themes of creationâs goal, humankindâs dignity and task, and notions of sovereignty. Part I sets the context for the book with âHuman Action within Divine Creation: A Muslim Perspectiveâ by Mohsen Kadivar of Duke University and âOn the Possibility of Holy Living: A Christian Perspectiveâ by Lucy Gardner of Oxford University. The rest of the book includes paired essaysâone from a Muslim perspective, one from a Christian perspectiveâthat introduce scriptural material with commentary to aid readers in conducting dialogical study. In her conclusion, coeditor Lucinda Mosher digests the illuminating small-group conversations that lie at the heart of the Building Bridges initiative, conversations that convey a vivid sense of the lively, penetrating but respectful dialogue for which the project is known. This unique volume will be a valuable resource to scholars, students, and professors of Christianity and Islam.
God's Creativity and Human Action - Lucinda Mosher & David Marshall
A record of the 2015 Building Bridges Seminar for leading Christian and Muslim scholars, this collection of essays explores the nature of divine and human agency through themes of creationâs goal, humankindâs dignity and task, and notions of sovereignty. Part I sets the context for the book with âHuman Action within Divine Creation: A Muslim Perspectiveâ by Mohsen Kadivar of Duke University and âOn the Possibility of Holy Living: A Christian Perspectiveâ by Lucy Gardner of Oxford University. The rest of the book includes paired essaysâone from a Muslim perspective, one from a Christian perspectiveâthat introduce scriptural material with commentary to aid readers in conducting dialogical study. In her conclusion, coeditor Lucinda Mosher digests the illuminating small-group conversations that lie at the heart of the Building Bridges initiative, conversations that convey a vivid sense of the lively, penetrating but respectful dialogue for which the project is known. This unique volume will be a valuable resource to scholars, students, and professors of Christianity and Islam.