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ABOUT THE BOOK

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 creation's goal, humankind's dignity and task, and notions of sovereignty. Part I sets the context for the book with "Human Action within Divine Creation: A Muslim Perspective" by Mohsen Kadivar of Duke University and "On the Possibility of Holy Living: A Christian Perspective" by Lucy Gardner of Oxford University. The rest of the book includes paired essays-one from a Muslim perspective, one from a Christian perspective-that 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.

CONTENTS

PART 1: OVERVIEWS

 HUMAN ACTION WITH IN DIVINE CREATION: A MUSLIM PERSPECTIVE

ON THE POSSIBILLITY OF HOLY LIVING: A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE

PART 2: GOD'S CREATION AND ITS GOAL

GOD'S CREATION AND ITS GOAL: A MUSLIM PERSPECTIVE

GOD'S CREATION AND ITS GOAL: A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE 

SCRIPTURE DIALOGUE 1: GOD'S CREATION AND ITS GOAL

PART 3: THE DIGNITY AND TASK OF HUMANKIND WITHIN GOD'S CREATION

CREATIVITY, COVENANT, AND CHRIST

TO BE KHALIFA: THE HUMAN VOCATION IN RELATION TO NATURE AND COMMUNITY

SCRIPTURE DIALOGUE 2: THE DIGNITY AND TASK OF HUMANKIND WITHIN GOD'S CREATION

PART 4: HUMAN ACTION WITHIN THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD

HUMAN FREEDOM AND DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY: MUSLIM PERSPECTIVES 

HUMAN ACTION WITH IN THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD: CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES

SCRIPTURE DIALOGUE3: HUMAN ACTION WITHIN THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD

PART 5: REFLECTION

DISCUSSION IN DOHA: LISTENING IN ON THE BUILDING BRIDGE PROCESS