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

• Autore: Markham Ian S
• Pubblicazione: Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (188 p.)
• Disciplina: 261.2/7
• Soggetto topico: Christianity and other religions - Islam; Islam - Relations - Christianity; Dialogue - Religious aspects - Christianity; Dialogue - Religious aspects - Islam; Nurculuk
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Engaging with Beduizzaman Said Nursi
• ISBN: 1-317-14337-X; 1-282-34469-2; 9786612344695; 0-7546-9679-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454563203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II