Allah

by Volf, Miroslav

• ISBN13: 9780061927089
• ISBN10: 0061927082
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-07
• Publisher: Harperone

Summary

From Miroslav Volf, one of the world's foremost Christian theologians-and co-teacher, along with Tony Blair, of a groundbreaking Yale University course on faith and globalization-comes Allah, a timely and provocative argument for a new pluralism between Muslims and Christians. In a penetrating exploration of every side of the issue, from New York Times headlines on terrorism to passages in the Koran and excerpts from the Gospels, Volf makes an unprecedented argument for effecting a unified understanding between Islam and Christianity. In the tradition of Seyyed Hossein Nasr's Islam in the Modern World, Volf's Allah is essential reading for students of the evolving political science of the twenty-first century.

Author Biography

Miroslav Volf is the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School and the founding director of the Yale Center for Faith Culture. His books include Exclusion Embrace: A Theological Exploration of identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation, winner of the 2002 Grawemeyer Award in Religion.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The One God and the Great Chasm	p. 1
Disputes, Present and Past
The Pope and the Prince: God, the Great Chasm, and the Building of Bridges	p. 19
A Catholic Cardinal and the One God of All	p. 40
A Protestant Beformer and the God of the Turks	p. 60
Two Gods or One?
How Do We Decide?	p. 79
A Common God and the Matter of Beliefs	p. 95
A Common God and the Matter of Practices	p. 111
Critical Themes: The Trinity And	p. Love
The One God and the Holy Trinity	p. 127
God's Mercy	p. 149
Eternal and Unconditional Love	p. 163
Living Under the Same Roof
The Same God, the Same Religion?	p. 187
Prejudices, Proselytism, and Partnership	p. 201
Two Faiths, Common God, Single Government	p. 219
The Fear of God and the Common Good	p. 239
Epilogue: Reality Check: Combating Extremism	p. 255
Acknowledgments	p. 263
Notes	p. 267
Index	p. 315
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