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Do Christians, Muslims, and Jews Worship the Same God? Four Views
Copyright 2019 by Ronnie P. Campbell, Christopher Gnanakan, Wm. Andrew Schwartz, John B. Cobb Jr., Francis J. Beckwith, Gerald R. McDermott, Jerry L. Walls
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CONTENTS
1. ALL WORSHIP THE SAME GOD:
RELIGIOUS PLURALIST VIEW
2. ALL WORSHIP THE SAME GOD:
REFERRING TO THE SAME GOD VIEW
3. JEWS AND CHRISTIANS WORSHIP THE SAME GOD:
SHARED REVELATION VIEW
4. NONE WORSHIP THE SAME GOD:
DIFFERENT CONCEPTIONS VIEW
5. FOCUS ON COMMON GROUND IN CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM RELATIONSHIPS:
A MINISTRY REFLECTION
6. FOCUS ON RESPECTFULLY HELD DIFFERENCES IN CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM RELATIONSHIPS:
A MINISTRY REFLECTION
John B. Cobb Jr. (PhD, University of Chicago) is an American theologian, philosopher, and environmentalist. One of the preeminent theologians in the world and the global leader of process theology, he is the author of more than fifty books. He is a cofounder of the Center for Process Studies and professor emeritus at Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University.
Wm. Andrew Schwartz (PhD, Claremont Graduate University) is executive director of the Center for Process Studies, cofounder and executive vice president of EcoCiv, and assistant professor of process and comparative theology at Claremont School of Theology. His recent work has been focused on comparative religious philosophies and the role of big ideas in the transition toward ecological civilization.
Francis J. Beckwith (PhD, Fordham University) is professor of philosophy and church-state studies and associate director of the graduate program in philosophy at Baylor University, where he also serves as a resident scholar in Baylors Institute for Studies of Religion. He has published widely in the areas of political philosophy, jurisprudence, applied ethics, philosophy of religion, and theology.
Gerald R. McDermott (PhD, University of Iowa) is Anglican Chair of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School. McDermott has been the author, coauthor, or editor of more than twenty books. An Anglican priest, he is teaching pastor at Christ the King Anglican Church and is married to Jean. Together they have three sons and twelve grandchildren.
Jerry L. Walls (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is scholar in residence and professor of philosophy at Houston Baptist University. He is the author or editor of over twenty books and has published widely in philosophy of religion, ethics, philosophical theology, and apologetics.
Joseph L. Cumming (MA, MPhil, Yale University) is pastor of the International Church at Yale. He worked fifteen years in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and now lectures regularly at Islamic and Christian institutions in the Middle East and elsewhere. At Yale he organized the first Common Word conference.
David W. Shenk (PhD, New York University) is a global consultant for Eastern Mennonite Missions, where he serves on a team dedicated to Christian-Muslim relationships, Peacemakers Confessing Christ. He has written twenty books.
Ronnie P. Campbell Jr. (PhD, Liberty University) is associate professor of theology at Liberty University. He has published in the areas of theology, comparative theology and philosophy, Christianity and film, and apologetics.
Christopher Gnanakan (PhD, Leeds University, UK; DMin, South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies, India) is professor of theology and world religions at Liberty University and director of Leadership Development for