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Muhammad Reconsidered: Author’s Response

13th July 2020

Dr Anna Bonta Moreland, Associate Professor of Theology, Villanova University This is Part 4 – the author’s response – to an online book panel on Muhammad Reconsidered: A Christian Perspective on Islamic Prophecy. Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 are also available on this blog. I would like to thank both Dr Tieszen and Mr Koch for their insightful reviews of my book Muhammad Reconsidered: A Christian Perspective on Islamic Prophecy. In writing the book, I could only have…

A Deeper Look at Muhammad Reconsidered – Part 3

29th June 2020

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David Koch, Doctoral Researcher, University of Paderborn This is Part 3 of an online book panel on Muhammad Reconsidered: A Christian Perspective on Islamic Prophecy by Anna Bonta Moreland, Associate Professor of Theology at Villanova University. Part 1 and Part 2, with comments from Dr Charles Tieszen, may be found here. A response from Dr Moreland, will follow. Reader comments for this discussion are welcome at Lucy.Schouten@ed.ac.uk. In her latest book Muhammad Reconsidered: A Christian Perspective on Islamic Prophecy, Dr…

A Deeper Look at Muhammad, Reconsidered – Part 2

22nd June 2020

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Dr Charles Tieszen, FRHistS Adjunct Professor of Islamic Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary This post is Part 2 of an online book panel on Muhammad Reconsidered: A Christian Perspective on Islamic Prophecy by Anna Bonta Moreland, Associate Professor of Theology at Villanova University. Part 1, with comments from Dr Charles Tieszen, may be found here. Further discussion, including a response from Dr Moreland, will follow on this blog throughout June and into July 2020. Reader comments and contributions to this…

A Deeper Look at Muhammad Reconsidered

15th June 2020

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Dr Charles Tieszen, FRHistS Adjunct Professor of Islamic Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary This year’s online book panel is Muhammad Reconsidered: A Christian Perspective on Islamic Prophecy by Anna Bonta Moreland, Associate Professor of Theology at Villanova University. This book panel begins with comments from Dr Charles Tieszen. Further discussion, including a response from Dr Moreland, will follow on this blog throughout June and into July 2020. Reader comments and contributions to this discussion are welcome and may be directed…

New Quarantine Video Series Introduces Al-Ghazali

4th May 2020

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Launching a new video series A new series of ‘quarantine videos’ offers non-specialists a chance to engage with the foundations of Islamic thought in less than ten minutes. In the first installment of the series, Dr Joshua Ralston, Director and co-founder of the Christian-Muslim Studies Network, introduces the work of one of Islam’s most important reformers and philosophers, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali. The video series, an offering to the homes that have become classrooms due to quarantine, makes the widely-quoted scholar’s…

Christians and Muslims: Friends or Foes?

20th April 2020

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A History of Christian-Muslim Relations, 2nd Ed By Prof Hugh Goddard Honorary Professorial Fellow, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World, University of Edinburgh This post explores the research and development behind the first and second edition of A History of Christian-Muslim Relations by Prof Hugh Goddard. It was originally published by Edinburgh University Press and has been re-posted here with permission. The book is available for purchase with a launch discount of…

A Portrait of God in the Qur’an

13th April 2020

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Interview with Dr Gabriel Said Reynolds on Allah: God in the Qur’an This is an interview between the Christian-Muslim Studies Network and Dr Gabriel Said Reynolds, Professor of Islamic Studies and Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Dr Reynolds is the author of Allah: God in the Qur’an, which was published by Yale University Press on 3 March 2020. The interview has been edited for clarity and length. Christian-Muslim Studies Network: With the book still fresh off the press,…

God, Man, and Space

23rd March 2020

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The Inaugural Lectures of the Sanneh Institute By Sam Nwokoro The following reflection is from Sam Nwokoro, a PhD student in Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations at the University of Edinburgh. He attended the inaugural events of The Lamin Sannah Institute in Accre, Ghana. Starting from the big picture, the western region of Africa has had its own historical trajectory with religion and politics. Bound by the Atlantic and the Sahara, visitors first made their way through dry land and…

Gratitude: Inclusion or Privilege?

9th March 2020

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By Nathanael Vette, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Gratitude: Christian and Muslim Perspectives School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh On 12-14 January, the School of Divinity hosted the third and final workshop discussing Christian and Muslim perspectives on gratitude. The workshop was held at the British University in Dubai, where participants were warmly welcomed by Vice-Chancellor Abdullah Mohammed Alshamsi. As with our first two workshops in Edinburgh and Yale, the event was chaired by Professor Mona Siddiqui and sponsored by the Issachar…

Peace in Zanzibar

17th February 2020

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A reflection on Christian-Muslim relations in East Africa By Nico Brice-Bennett This post is from Nice Brice-Bennett, a PhD candidate in World Christianity at the University of Edinburgh. It is a reflection of a paper given by Dr Arngeir Langås’ titled, ‘Peace in Zanzibar: Proceedings of the Joint Committee of Religious Leaders in Zanzibar, 2005-2013’. Dr Langås’ presentation at the workshop was, in effect, an overview of his new book, which is itself a reworked version of his doctoral thesis.…