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Divine Words, Female Voices A discussion with the author Divine Words, Female Voices: Muslima Explorations in Comparative Feminist Theology (published 2018) offers a distinctive and detailed response to calls for Islamic feminist theology, a Muslima theology. Muslima theology was introduced in Dr Jerusha Rhodes’ (formerly Lamptey) 2014 book, Never Wholly Other: A Muslima Theology of Religious Pluralism, in application to questions surrounding religious diversity. Her latest book, Divine Words, Female Voices: Muslima Explorations in Comparative Feminist Theology, is distinctive in…

A recent book on the history of Christian-Muslim Studies has attracted significant discussion with its unusual and provocative line of enquiry. Cross Veneration in the Medieval Islamic World: Christian Identity and Practice under Muslim Rule (2017) offers a view of the extensive but oft-forgotten engagement among Muslims and Christians between the eighth and fourteenth century. The author is Professor Charles Tieszen, an Adjunct Professor of Islamic Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary and the author of A Textual History of Christian-Muslim Relations…

A new theological work is seeking answers about one of the most frequent flashpoints in Christian-Muslim Studies – the role of Jesus Christ. Any committed effort toward interfaith dialogue among Christians and Muslims faces the differing accounts of Jesus from the Qur’an and the Bible. This new book explores the stumbling blocks and stepping stones with a rigorous comparative method. The book is the result of a long-term research project by a multi-faith, multi-national, and multi-disciplinary team. The final credit…