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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524899903321

Titolo

Humanity: Texts and Contexts : Christian and Muslim Perspectives / / Michael Ipgrave and David Marshall, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : Georgetown University Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

9781589017597

1589017595

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MarshallDavid, Rev.

IpgraveMichael

Disciplina

233

Soggetti

Islam - Relations - Christianity

Christianity and other religions - Islam

Human beings

Theological anthropology - Islam

Theological anthropology - Christianity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Human identity, difference, and guardianship -- pt. 2. Scriptural texts on being human.

Sommario/riassunto

Humanity: Texts and Contexts is a record of the 2007 Singapore ""Building Bridges"" seminar, an annual dialogue between Muslim and Christian scholars cosponsored by Georgetown University and the Archbishop of Canterbury. This volume explores three central questions: What does it mean to be human? What is the significance of the diversity that is evident among human beings? And what are the challenges that humans face living within the natural world?. A distinguished group of scholars focuses on the theological responses to each of these questions, drawing on the wealth of material found in bot