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Monotheism and Its Complexities

Christian and Muslim Perspectives

by Richard Bauckham, Maria Dakake, Asma Afsaruddin, Martin Nguyen, Christoph Schwobel, Sajjad Rizvi, Janet Soskice, Sidney Griffith ...

Conventional wisdom would have it that believing in one God is straightforward; that Muslims are expert at monotheism, but that Christians complicate it, weaken it, or perhaps even abandon it altogether by speaking of the Trinity. In this book, Muslim and Christian scholars challenge that opinion. Examining together scripture texts and theological reflections from both traditions, they show that ... Read more

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Conventional wisdom would have it that believing in one God is straightforward; that Muslims are expert at monotheism, but that Christians complicate it, weaken it, or perhaps even abandon it altogether by speaking of the Trinity. In this book, Muslim and Christian scholars challenge that opinion. Examining together scripture texts and theological reflections from both traditions, they show that
... Read more
Power: Divine and Human

Christian and Muslim Perspectives

by Lucinda Mosher, David Marshall, Jonathan A. C. Brown, Philip Sheldrake, Martin Nguyen, Stephen Cook, Ahmet Alibasic, Joan O'Donovan, Mahan Mirza, Jonathan Chaplin ...

This volume of the Building Bridges Seminar, Power: Divine and Human, Christian and Muslim Perspectives, comprises pairs of essays by Christians and Muslims which introduce texts for dialogical study, plus the actual text-excerpts themselves.This new book goes far beyond mere reporting on a dialogical seminar; rather, it provides guidance and materials for constructing a similar dialogical ... Read more

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This volume of the Building Bridges Seminar, Power: Divine and Human, Christian and Muslim Perspectives, comprises pairs of essays by Christians and Muslims which introduce texts for dialogical study, plus the actual text-excerpts themselves.This new book goes far beyond mere reporting on a dialogical seminar; rather, it provides guidance and materials for constructing a similar dialogical
... Read more
The Community of Believers

Christian and Muslim Perspectives

by Lucinda Mosher, Gavin D'Costa, Abdullah Saeed, Lucy Gardner, Feras Hamza, Ahmet Alibasic, Brandon Gallaher ...

The Community of Believers offers the proceedings of the 2013 Building Bridges seminar, a dialogue between leading Christian and Muslim scholars under the stewardship of Georgetown University.These essays consider such themes as the Church as mystical body of Christ versus the Church as proclamation; the roots and uses of the term ummah and its development over time; Christian desires for ... Read more

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The Community of Believers offers the proceedings of the 2013 Building Bridges seminar, a dialogue between leading Christian and Muslim scholars under the stewardship of Georgetown University.These essays consider such themes as the Church as mystical body of Christ versus the Church as proclamation; the roots and uses of the term ummah and its development over time; Christian desires for
... Read more
The State of Education Policy Research

Edited by Susan H. Fuhrman, David K. Cohen, Fritz Mosher ...

The State of Education Policy Research is a comprehensive, insightful evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of education policy research in the U.S. today. Editors Susan Fuhrman, David Cohen, and Fritz Mosher examine key issues facing policymakers and researchers including race, education equity, teacher quality, early education, privatization, and the politics of education policy. ... Read more

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The State of Education Policy Research is a comprehensive, insightful evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of education policy research in the U.S. today. Editors Susan Fuhrman, David Cohen, and Fritz Mosher examine key issues facing policymakers and researchers including race, education equity, teacher quality, early education, privatization, and the politics of education policy.
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Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences

5th International Symposium

Edited by David Mosher, Yasuhiro Yamada, Kiichiro Kawamura, Roger Urgeles, Ken Ikehara, Michael Strasser, Jason Chaytor, Yujiro Ogawa ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
Submarine mass movements represent major offshore geohazards due to their destructive and tsunami-generation potential. This potential poses a threat to human life as well as to coastal, nearshore and offshore engineering structures. Recent examples of catastrophic submarine landslide events that affected human populations (including tsunamis) are numerous; e.g., Nice airport in 1979, Papua-New ... Read more

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Submarine mass movements represent major offshore geohazards due to their destructive and tsunami-generation potential. This potential poses a threat to human life as well as to coastal, nearshore and offshore engineering structures. Recent examples of catastrophic submarine landslide events that affected human populations (including tsunamis) are numerous; e.g., Nice airport in 1979, Papua-New
... Read more
Sin, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation

Christian and Muslim Perspectives

by Lucinda Mosher, Veli-Matti Karkkainen, Jonathan A. C. Brown, Christoph Schwobel, Ayman Shabana, Susan Eastman, Mohammad Khalil, Philip Sheldrake, Asma Afsaruddin0 ...

Sin, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation: Christian and Muslim Perspectives is a collection of essays and scripture passages studied at the 2014 Building Bridges seminar.Thoughtful and provocative, the book begins with the complete texts of the opening lectures by Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen and Jonathan A. C. Brown and contains essays by Christoph Schwöbel, Ayman Shabana, Susan Eastman, Mohammad Hassan ... Read more

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Sin, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation: Christian and Muslim Perspectives is a collection of essays and scripture passages studied at the 2014 Building Bridges seminar.Thoughtful and provocative, the book begins with the complete texts of the opening lectures by Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen and Jonathan A. C. Brown and contains essays by Christoph Schwöbel, Ayman Shabana, Susan Eastman, Mohammad Hassan
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Death, Resurrection, and Human Destiny

Christian and Muslim Perspectives

by David Marshall, Lucinda Mosher, Rowan Williams, N.T. Wright, Reza Shah-Kazemi, Mona Siddiqui, Jane D. McAuliffe, Asma Afsaruddin, Gavin D'Costa0, Geoffrey Rowell1, Feras Hamza2, Harriet Harris3, Recep Şentürk4, Sajjad Rizvi5, Miroslav Volf6, Richard Burridge7, Muhammad Abdel Haleem8, Timothy J. Winter9, Dennis McAuliffe0, Musharraf Hussain1, Michael Ipgrave2 ...

Death, Resurrection, and Human Destiny: Christian and Muslim Perspectives is a record of the 2012 Building Bridges seminar for leading Christian and Muslim scholars, convened by Rowan Williams, then Archbishop of Canterbury. The essays in this volume explore what the Bible and Qurān—and the Christian and Islamic theological traditions—have to say about death, resurrection, and human destiny. ... Read more

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Death, Resurrection, and Human Destiny: Christian and Muslim Perspectives is a record of the 2012 Building Bridges seminar for leading Christian and Muslim scholars, convened by Rowan Williams, then Archbishop of Canterbury. The essays in this volume explore what the Bible and Qurān—and the Christian and Islamic theological traditions—have to say about death, resurrection, and human destiny.
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Prayer

Christian and Muslim Perspectives

by David Marshall, Lucinda Mosher, Rowan Williams, Michael Plekon, Reza Shah-Kazemi, MM Dheen Mohamed, Philip Sheldrake, Caner Dagli, Daniel A. Madigan0, Susan Eastman1, Rkia E. Cornell2, Philip Seddon3, Asma Afsaruddin4, Lucy Gardner5, Ibrahim Mogra6, Timothy Wright7, Timothy Gianotti8 ...

Prayer: Christian and Muslim Perspectives is a rich collection of essays, scriptural texts, and personal reflections featuring leading scholars analyzing the meaning and function of prayer within their traditions. Drawn from the 2011 Building Bridges seminar in Doha, Qatar, the essays in this volume explore the devotional practices of each tradition and how these practices are taught and learned. ... Read more

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Prayer: Christian and Muslim Perspectives is a rich collection of essays, scriptural texts, and personal reflections featuring leading scholars analyzing the meaning and function of prayer within their traditions. Drawn from the 2011 Building Bridges seminar in Doha, Qatar, the essays in this volume explore the devotional practices of each tradition and how these practices are taught and learned.
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Montesquieu's Science of Politics

Essays on The Spirit of Laws

by Cecil Courtney, Paul A. Rahe. Michael A. Mosher. Sharon Krause, Rebecca E. Kingston, Catherine Larrere, Iris Cox ...

Montesquieu's The Spirit of Laws is one of a handful of classic works of political philosophy deserving a fresh reading every generation. The product of immense erudition, Montesquieu's treatise has captured since its first printing (1748) the imagination of an impressive array of intellectuals including Rousseau, Voltaire, Beccaria, Madison, Hamilton, Jefferson, Herder, Sieyès, Condorcet, ... Read more

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Montesquieu's The Spirit of Laws is one of a handful of classic works of political philosophy deserving a fresh reading every generation. The product of immense erudition, Montesquieu's treatise has captured since its first printing (1748) the imagination of an impressive array of intellectuals including Rousseau, Voltaire, Beccaria, Madison, Hamilton, Jefferson, Herder, Sieyès, Condorcet,
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God's Creativity and Human Action

Christian and Muslim Perspectives

by Lucinda Mosher, Mohsen Kadivar, Lucy Gardner, Sohaira Siddiqui, Richard Bauckham, Brandon Gallaher, Maria Dakake, Feras Hamza, Veli-Matti Karkkainen0 ...

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 ... Read more

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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
... Read more

The Evolution of God

by Robert Wright ...

In this sweeping narrative that takes us from the Stone Age to the Information Age, Robert Wright unveils an astonishing discovery: there is a hidden pattern that the great monotheistic faiths have followed as they have evolved. Through the prisms of archaeology, theology, and evolutionary psychology, Wright's findings overturn basic assumptions about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and are sure ... Read more

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In this sweeping narrative that takes us from the Stone Age to the Information Age, Robert Wright unveils an astonishing discovery: there is a hidden pattern that the great monotheistic faiths have followed as they have evolved. Through the prisms of archaeology, theology, and evolutionary psychology, Wright's findings overturn basic assumptions about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and are sure
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Sacred Paths of the West

by Theodore M Ludwig ...

This text combines study of the dynamic historical development of each religious tradition with a comparative thematic structure. Students are encouraged to discover and explore the nature of religious experience by comparing basic themes and issues common to all religions, finding connections with their own personal experiences. By sensitively introducing descriptive material within a comparative ... Read more

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This text combines study of the dynamic historical development of each religious tradition with a comparative thematic structure. Students are encouraged to discover and explore the nature of religious experience by comparing basic themes and issues common to all religions, finding connections with their own personal experiences. By sensitively introducing descriptive material within a comparative
... Read more

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