Lucinda Mosher - Gods Creativity and Human Action: Christian and Muslim Perspectives

GODS
CREATIVITY
AND HUMAN
ACTION

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Scriptures in Dialogue: Christians and Muslims Studying the Bible and the Qurn Together, Michael Ipgrave, editor (London: Church House, 2004)

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Building a Better Bridge: Muslims, Christians, and the Common Good, Michael Ipgrave, editor (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2008)

Justice and Rights: Christian and Muslim Perspectives, Michael Ipgrave, editor (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2009)

Humanity: Texts and Contexts: Christian and Muslim Perspectives, Michael Ipgrave and David Marshall, editors (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2011)

Communicating the Word: Revelation, Translation, and Interpretation in Christianity and Islam, David Marshall, editor (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2011)

Science and Religion: Christian and Muslim Perspectives, David Marshall, editor (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2012)

Tradition and Modernity: Christian and Muslim Perspectives, David Marshall, editor (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2012)

Prayer: Christian and Muslim Perspectives, David Marshall and Lucinda Mosher, editors (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2013)

Death, Resurrection, and Human Destiny: Christian and Muslim Perspectives, David Marshall and Lucinda Mosher, editors (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2014)

The Community of Believers: Christian and Muslim Perspectives, Lucinda Mosher and David Marshall, editors (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2015)

Sin, Forgiveness, and Human Destiny: Christian and Muslim Perspectives, Lucinda Mosher and David Marshall, editors (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2016)

Christian and Muslim Perspectives

A Record of the Fourteenth Building Bridges Seminar

Hosted by Georgetown University
School of Foreign Service in Qatar
May 36, 2015

LUCINDA MOSHER and
DAVID MARSHALL, Editors

2017 Georgetown University Press. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

The publisher is not responsible for third-party websites or their content. URL links were active at time of publication.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Building Bridges Seminar (14th : 2015 : Doha, Qatar) | Mosher, Lucinda, editor. | Marshall, David, 1963- editor.

Title: Gods creativity and human action : Christian and Muslim perspectives : a record of the fourteenth Building Bridges Seminar ; hosted by Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, May 3/6, 2015 / Lucinda Mosher and David Marshall, editors.

Description: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016052170 (print) | LCCN 2017006454 (ebook) | ISBN 9781626164857 (pb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781626164840 (hc : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781626164864 (eb)

Subjects: LCSH: QuranTheologyCongresses. | BibleTheologyCongresses. | Creation (Islam)Congresses. | CreationBiblical teachingCongresses.

Classification: LCC BP166.23 .B85 2015 (print) | LCC BP166.23 (ebook) | DDC 297.2/83--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016052170

This book is printed on acid-free paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials.

181798765432First printing

Printed in the United States of America

Cover design by Debra Naylor.

Cover image by Shutterstock.com.

Mohsen Kadivar

Lucy Gardner

Sohaira Zahid Siddiqui

Richard Bauckham

Brandon Gallaher

Maria Massi Dakake

Feras Q. Hamza

Veli-Matti Krkkinen

Lucinda Mosher

Professor Asma Afsaruddin, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Dr. Shabbir Akhtar, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Dr. Muhammad Modassir Ali, QFIS at Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar

Professor Ahmet Alibai, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina

Professor Najib Awad, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, Connecticut

Professor Richard Bauckham, University of St. Andrews, Ridley Hall, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Professor Jonathan A. C. Brown, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Professor Maria Massi Dakake, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

President John J. DeGioia, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Reverend Dr. Susan Eastman, Duke University Divinity School, Durham, North Carolina

Dr. Brandon Gallaher, University of Exeter, United Kingdom

The Reverend Lucy Gardner, St Stephens House, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Professor Sidney Griffith, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

Professor Feras Hamza, University of Wollongong in Dubai

Professor Tuba Ik, University of Paderborn, Germany

Professor Paul Joyce, Kings College London, United Kingdom

Professor Mohsen Kadivar, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Professor Veli-Matti Krkkinen, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California

Professor Katsuhiro Kohara, Doshisha University, Japan

The Right Reverend Michael Lewis, Anglican Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf, Cyprus

Professor Daniel Madigan SJ, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

The Reverend Dr. David Marshall, Berkley Center for the Study of Religion, Peace and World Affairs, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Dr. Jane McAuliffe, Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

The Reverend Dr. Thomas Michel, SJ, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar

Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra, Muslim Council of Britain

Professor Dheen Mohamed, QFIS at Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar

Dr. Lucinda Mosher, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, Connecticut

Professor Sajjad H. Rizvi, University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Professor Abdullah Saeed, University of Melbourne, Australia

Professor Feryal Salem, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, Connecticut

Dr. Hansjrg Schmid, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Professor Christoph Schwbel, University of Tbingen, Germany

Professor Ayman Shabana, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar

Professor Philip Sheldrake, Westcott House, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Professor Sohaira Siddiqui, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar

Professor Umeyye Isra Yazicioglu, St. Josephs University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania