Death, Resurrection, and Human Destiny
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Death, Resurrection, and Human Destiny
Christian and Muslim Perspectives
David Marshall and Lucinda Mosher, Editors
Afterword by Rowan Williams 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 Qur n—and the Christian and Islamic theological traditions—have to say about death, resurrection, and human destiny. Special attention is given to the writings of al-Ghazali and Dante. Other essays explore the notion of the good death. Funeral practices of each tradition are explained. Relevant texts are included with commentary, as are personal reflections on death by several of the seminar participants. An account of the informal conversations at the seminar conveys a vivid sense of the lively, penetrating, but respectful dialogue which took place. Three short pieces by Rowan Williams provide his opening comments at the seminar and his reflections on its proceedings. The volume also contains an analysis of the Building Bridges Seminar after a decade of his leadership. David Marshall is director of the Anglican Episcopal House of Studies and associate professor of the practice of Christian-Muslim relations, Duke Divinity School, and the academic director of the Building Bridges seminar.
Reviews
"These essays offer a rich and complex study of death and the afterlife."—Anglican Theological Review "Contrary to popular opinion, the death of Christian-Muslim dialogue is greatly exaggerated! This record of the eleventh Building Bridges seminar demonstrates the vitality of serious Muslim and Christian engagement over matters of shared interest and concern, particularly over matters of life and death. The chapters in this work are academically sound and the personal reflections intimately profound. This volume demonstrates that it is extremely valuable and possible to build lasting and intimate relationships between Christians and Muslims, and that there is much to be gained through steady and sustained encounters as a continuing process."—David D. Grafton, professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations, The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia Table of Contents Introduction David Marshall Preface Rowan Williams Part I: Surveys Death, Resurrection, and Human Destiny in the Bible N. T. Wright Response to N. T. Wright Reza Shah-Kazemi Response to Reza Shah-Kazemi N. T. Wright Death, Resurrection, and Human Destiny: Qur' nic and Islamic Perspectives Mona Siddiqui Response to Mona Siddiqui Jane Dammen McAuliffe Death, Resurrection, and Human Destiny in the Islamic Tradition Asma Afsaruddin Response to Asma Afsaruddin Gavin D'Costa Death, Resurrection, and Human Destiny in the Christian Tradition Geoffrey Rowell Response to Geoffrey Rowell Feras Hamza Dying Well: Christian Faith and Practice Harriet Harris Response to Harriet Harris Recep entürk A Muslim's Perspective on the Good Death, Resurrection, and Human Destiny Sajjad Rizvi Death and the Love of Life: A Response to Sajjad Rizvi Miroslav Volf Reflections Rowan Williams Part II: Texts and Commentaries 1 Corinthians 15 St. Paul on the Resurrection: 1 Corinthians 15 Richard A. Burridge Selected Qur' nic Texts Commentary on Selected Qur' nic Texts Muhammad Abdel Haleem Selected Passages from al-Ghaz l 's The Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife Al-Ghaz l on Death Tim Winter Selected Passages from Dante's The Divine Comedy The Afterlife as Presented by Dante Alighieri in The Divine Comedy Dennis McAuliffe Selected Passages from Journey to the Afterlife Muslim Funerals Musharraf Hussain Contemporary Funeral Liturgy in the Church of England Christian Funerals Michael Ipgrave Conversations in Canterbury David Marshall Afterword Rowan Williams Personal Reflections on Death A Decade of Appreciative Conversation: The Building Bridges Seminar under Rowan Williams Lucinda Mosher Index |