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1 online resource (188 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
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. |
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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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nursi, Said, 1873-1960.
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Nursi, Said, 1873-1960. |
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Nursi, Said, 1873-1960. |
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Christianity and other religions -- Islam.
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Christianity and other religions. |
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Islam. |
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Islam -- Relations -- Christianity.
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Relations. |
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Christianity. |
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Dialogue -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Dialogue -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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Dialogue -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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Dialogue -- Religious aspects -- Islam. |
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Nurculuk.
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Nurculuk. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780754669319 |
| ISBN |
9780754696797 (electronic book) |
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0754696790 (electronic book) |
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1282344692 |
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9781282344693 |
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0754669319 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780754669319 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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