"First published 2003 by Melisende an imprint of Fox Communications and Publications, 39 Chelmsford Road, London E18 2PW". -- verso of t.-p.
Includes bibliographical references.
Bibliography of "Kenneth Cragg's Main Works": p.419-423.
A collection of essays published on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday to celebrate "the impact and very special contribution that Bishop Kenneth Cragg has made throughout his long life to the interpretation of Islam and to the religious landscape of the Middle East". -- inside front dust jacket.
Contents: From the Archbishop of Canterbury / Rowan Williams -- Foreword / David Thomas and Clare Amos -- List of Contributors -- Introduction / Clive Handford -- Dr. Kenneth Cragg as I Have Known Him / Kenneth E. Nolin -- Balancing Divergence and Convergence, or 'Is God the Author of Confusion ?' : An Essay on Kenneth Cragg / Jane I. Smith -- 'By Their Fruits Shall You Know Them' / Hassan B. Dehqanu-Tafti and Guli E. Francis-Dehqani -- The Purification Lane, Kenneth Cragg's Theological Relations to Islam Seen Through the Hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer / Bard Maeland -- On Being a Guineapig / Judy and Sigvard von Sicard -- The Significance of 'The Call of the Minaret' for Christian Thinking About Islam / Hugh Goddard -- Singing of God's Incarnation / Richard I. Jones -- Serving at the Table of Jesus, Servant of Others / Clare Amos -- Kenneth Cragg's Understanding of Christian Mission to Islam / Christopher Lamb -- Poems of Yearning I / Najwa Farah -- Mary in the Qu'ran / David Marshall -- A Frivolous God ? (a-fa-hasibtum annama khalaqnakum 'abathan) / Mark N. Swanson -- Theology and the Arab Christian: the Case of the 'Melkite' Creed / Sidney H. Griffith -- Al-Ghazali's Benign Influence on Temple Gairdner / Michael T. Shelley -- Maronites and Missionaries: a Critical Appraisal of the Affairs of As'ad al-Shidyaq (1825-1829) / David Kerr -- The 'political equation' in Al-jihad fi al-Islam of Abu A'la Mawdudi (1903-1979) / Jan Slomp -- The Image of Jesus and Christianity in Shi'a Islam and Modern Iranian Thought / Anthony O'Mahony -- Hermits and Hierarchs / John Watson -- Poems of Yearning II / Najwa Farah -- The Use of Scripture in Discussions between Christians and Muslims / David Thomas -- Karbala and Cross: Christian-Muslim relations from the Perspective of Indian Shi'ite Preaching / Toby Howarth -- Love and Law in Christianity and Islam / Michael Nazir-Ali -- Speaking Truth in the Jewish-Christian Dialogue / Michael Prior -- Is There an Escape from the History of Christian-Muslim Relations ? / Jorgen S. Nielsen -- Islamic Charter for Germany / Christian W. Troll -- 'Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart ?': a Christian spiritual theology for dialogue with Muslims / Martin Forward -- An Agenda for Dialogue / Colin Chapman -- Pluralism and Interreligious Engagement: The Contexts of Dialogue / Douglas Pratt -- Kenneth Cragg's Main Works.
Colophon: Edited by Leonard Harrow. Printed in England by the St. Edmundsbury Press.
"Alice Frazer Evans, Robert A. Evans, David A. Roozen, Editors".
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents divided into four parts: Forewords -- Introduction -- Part One: Emerging Meanings of Globalization -- Part Two: Implications of Globalization.
Contains 12 sections, each with an Essay, Case Study, Teaching Note and Commentary by a variety of authors.
"`Religions Today' analyzes the place of faith communities in the contemporary world and the continuing impact of religions on modernity. Building on research by such scholars as Jose Casanova, Philip Jenkins and S.N. Eisenstadt, this anthology examines the interplay of traditional religion with the process of modernization, and the influences that each of these forces exerts on the other. .... Addressing topices ranging from secularization to religious fundamentalism, the authors weigh the potential of Christian churches and the ecumenical movement in addressing the realities of our times". -- back cover.
Contents divided into three main sections: Part I: Preliminaries -- Part II: Modernization and Religions -- Part III: Religions and Modernities.
Contents: Introduction / Julio de Santa Ana -- Theoretical Tools : Ways of Approaching the Question / Grace Davie and Heinrich Schafer -- Religious Life Today / Todor Sabev -- Aspects of Religious Life in the Context of Globalization / Julio de Santa Ana -- Media Globalization and Its Challenge to the Ecumenical Movement / Cees Hamelink -- The Dynamics of Political Migrations as a Challenge to Religious Life / Feliciano V. Carino -- New Wars and Religious Identity Politics / Heinrich Schafer -- Religions, Politics and the State : Some Revisions and Discordant Notes / Feliciano V. Carino -- Religious Liberty / Todor Sabev -- Religions and Feminist Thought / Maria Jose Rosado Nunes and Jane I. Smith -- African Women and Globalization : A View from Ghana / Mercy A. Oduyoye -- Catholicism, Modernity and the Second Vatican Council / Jose Oscar Beozzo -- Reform and Reconciliation between Religion and State : Some Trends in Contemporary Islam / Radwan Al-Sayyid -- Secularization : The European Experience / Grace Davie -- Emerging New Religious Awareness and Its Challenges to the Ecumenical Movement / S. Wesley Ariarajah -- The Individualization of Religious Experience / Andre Droogers -- Pentecostalism / Andre Droogers -- Religious Fundamentalism / Heinrich Schafer -- Looking Ahead -- Appendix : Contributors and Members of the Research Group.