Religions in Dialogue
Jews, Christians and Muslims, as members of the Abrahamic religions, share much theological common ground and the momentum for dialogue between them at theological levels has greatly increased in recent decades.
This book explores the relationship between religion and the modern democratic state from the perspective of the three monotheistic traditions Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Scholars from each of the traditions map out the fears, historical ambiguities and present possibilities in these relationships. At the heart of global change is the invitation to the religions to move from historic mistrust to dialogue and co-operation as a new way of putting religious commitment into practice.
This book investigates how the three religions in dialogue might overcome their historic antagonism as a prelude to working for the development of the global common good. As part of the test of religious ideals, some of the contributions bring theory down to earth by examining the role of religion in three democratic states with different histories Turkey, Indonesia, India and also in relation to a culture of human rights. Drawing together leading Muslim, Christian and Jewish authors from America, Europe and Asia, this book presents a rare collaboration of faiths and ideas and makes a significant contribution to studies of interreligious dialogue and the changing role of religion in the democratic state.
Religions in Dialogue
From theocracy to democracy
Edited by
ALAN RACE
Editor and Lecturer in Interreligious Dialogue, UK
INGRID SHAFER
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, USA
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Contents
El Hassan bin Talal
Alan Race and Ingrid Shafer
Leonard Swidler
Alan Race and Ingrid Shafer
David Rosen
Irving Greenberg
Robert Ash
J.B. Banawiratma
Leonard Swidler
Alan Race
Fathi Osman
Zeenat Shaukat Ali
Khalid Duran
Alan Race and Ingrid Shafer
Bahtiar Effendy
Mehmet S. Aydin
Irfan A. Omar
Nurcholish Madjid
Racelle R. Weiman
Ingrid Shafer
Alan Race and Ingrid Shafer
Paul Weller
Karl-Josef Kuschel
Ashok K. Gangadeana
Zeenat Shaukat Ali is Professor of Islamic Studies at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, India, and the author of two books, Marriage, Divorce in Islam (1992) and The Empowerment of Women in Islam (1997). She is a member of the United Religions Initiative and a Vice-President of the World Conference on Religion and Peace. She has given many papers at conferences in India and around the world.
Robert Ash holds a doctorate in the sociology of religion and continues to teach at a number of universities in the UK. He studied Religious Studies and Education at London University and Hebrew and Jewish Studies at Leo Baeck College, London, and has published a number of articles and reviews, including translation work. He received Rabbinic ordination from Leo Baeck College in 2002. He is the author of a book, shared with a colleague, entitled The History of Anglo-Jewry in Provincial Britain.
Mehmet S. Aydin is Professor of History of Philosophy and is currently attached to Nine September University, Izmir, Turkey. Between 19921998 he has served as the Dean of the Faculty of Divinity, Izmir. He has published many books and academic papers on various philosophical and religious topics, some of which have been translated into different languages. He is the president of the Inter-cultural Platform and a member of some scholarly institutions at home and abroad.
J.B. Banawiratma teaches theology in the Faculty of Theology at Sanata Dharma University, Jogjakarta, Indonesia, His publications include: Yesus Sang Guru, Pertemuan Kejawen dengan Injil, Jogjakarta 1977: Kanisius {Jesus the Master, the Encounter between Javanese Religious Experience and the Gospel ); Iman, Pendidikan dan Perubahan Sosial, Jogjakarta 1991: Kanisius {Faith, Education and Social Transformation). With J. Mueller: Kontektuelle Sozialtheologie Ein Indonesisches Modell, Freiburg 1995: Herder. He is the Chief Editor of Seri Pustaka Teologi {Theological Series, Jogjakarta, published by Kanisius and Faculty of Theology). He wrote in those series, among others: Kristologi dan Allah Tritunggal {Christology and Trinity) 1985. Kemiskinan dan Pembebasan {Poverty and Liberation) 1985. Gereja Indonesia, Quo Vadis? Hidup Menggereja Kontekstual {Indonesian Church, Quo Vadis? Contextualizing Church) 2000.
Khalid Duran studied Islamic theology in Bosnia and Pakistan, sociology and political science in Germany. He was an Associate Professor at Pakistan's semi-official Islamic Research Institute and taught at Islamabad University, the Catholic University of America and the American University in Washington, DC; Temple University in Philadelphia; the University of California, Irvine; Freie 4 Berlin; Universitetet i Oslo; and worked for the United Nations University, Tokyo. He is the author of seven books on Islam and the Middle East, and the editor of Transislam, a quarterly of analysis and opinion on Islamic cultural and sociopolitical developments, published in Washington, DC. His latest publication is Children of Abraham: An Introduction to Islam for Jews (New York 2001).
Bahtiar Effendy is Lecturer at the Faculty of Graduate Studies, State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN), Jakarta; Lecturer at the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Indonesia, Jakarta; Lecturer at the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Jayabaya, Jakarta; and Lecturer at the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Muhammadiyah, Jakarta. He is also Deputy Director of the Institute for the Study and Advancement of Business Ethics and a member of the Indonesian Conference on Religion and Peace.
