Crisis, call, and leadership in the Abrahamic traditions

Introduction / Stacy Johnson and Peter Ochs -- Pt. 1. Communal identity and the other -- Introduction / Stacy Johnson -- The sign of Jonah, a Christian perspective on the relation of the Abrahamic faiths / Kendall Soulen -- Islam as our other, Islam as ourselves / Steven Kepnes -- Qur'an and th...

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Contributors: Ochs, Peter 1950- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan 2009
In:Year: 2009
Edition:1. ed.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Abraham, Biblical person / Christianity / Interfaith dialogue / Judaism / Islam
Further subjects:B Abraham
B Religions Relations
B Abrahamic Religions
B Christianity and other religions
B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Summary:Introduction / Stacy Johnson and Peter Ochs -- Pt. 1. Communal identity and the other -- Introduction / Stacy Johnson -- The sign of Jonah, a Christian perspective on the relation of the Abrahamic faiths / Kendall Soulen -- Islam as our other, Islam as ourselves / Steven Kepnes -- Qur'an and the image of the "other," the good, the bad, the ugly / Mehdi Aminrazavi -- "These are the generations," reasoning with Rabbi Samuel Ben Meier / Michael Signer -- Three voices, one response : here I am / Stacy Johnson -- Pt. 2. Spirituality and social responsibility : poverty and charity -- Introduction / Kevin Hughes -- The poor are always with you / Kevin Hughes -- Hearing the cry of the poor / Aryeh Cohen -- The tests of poverty / Timothy Gianotti -- In the bosom of Abraham, Saint Bonaventure, Lazarus, and the houses of hospitality / Ann Astell -- Charity and the good life, on Islamic prophetic ethics / Mohammed Azadpur -- Lawe, Loue, and Lewete, the Kenotic vision of traditional Christian political theology / R.R. Reno -- Pt. 3. Abrahamic traditions and modernity -- Introduction / Maria Masi Dakake -- Human contention and divine argument, faith and truth in the Qur'anic story of Abraham / Maria Masi Dakake -- Abraham in the image of Job : a model for post-modern readings of Scripture / Elizabeth alexander -- Moses and the mountain of knowledge / Robert Jenson -- Moses in the sea, reading Scripture as liturgical performance / Peter Ochs -- Transfigured exegesis / Clifton Black
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0230618251