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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454563203321

Autore

Markham Ian S

Titolo

Engaging with Beduizzaman Said Nursi [[electronic resource] ] : a model of interfaith dialogue / / Ian S Markham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, 2009

ISBN

1-317-14337-X

1-282-34469-2

9786612344695

0-7546-9679-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Disciplina

261.2/7

Soggetti

Christianity and other religions - Islam

Islam - Relations - Christianity

Dialogue - Religious aspects - Christianity

Dialogue - Religious aspects - Islam

Nurculuk

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part One Learning from Said Nursi; 1 Introduction: Christian Theology and Islam; 2 Religious Basis for Ethics; 3 Challenging Atheism; 4 Living Life Accountable; 5 Faith First, Politics Second; 6 Engaging Religious Diversity; 7 Coping with Globalization; 8 Grounded Spirituality: The Challenge of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi; 9 What Christians Can Learn from Bediuzzaman Said Nursi; Part Two: Rethinking Dialogue; 10 The Dialogue Industry; 11 Learning from India; 12 A New Decalogue

13 Conservatives and Dialogue: Why It Is Essential to Get Conservatives Excited about the Dialogue14 Neither Conservative nor Liberal: A Theology of Christian Engagement with Non-Christian Tradition; 15 Conclusion; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Too often interfaith dialogue is generic and unfocused. Often it involves 'liberals' from each tradition coming together to criticize the



'conservatives' in their own traditions. This book provides a model for interfaith dialogue that challenges very directly the 'dialogue industry'. This book involves a Christian theologian in deep conversation with a Muslim theologian. Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (1877-1960) was born at the end of the Ottoman Empire and lived through the emergence of an aggressive secular state. He had to think through, in remarkably creative ways, the challenge of faith within a