In Freedom: Christian and Muslim Perspectives, a volume based on the 2019 Building Bridges Seminar, 10 Christian and Muslim scholars take on an important yet far from straightforward topic for comparative theological reflection.
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Table of Contents
- Participants
- Introduction
Part One: Overviews
- Who Gets to Decide What Freedom Is? A Christian Perspective | C. Rosalee Velloso Ewell
- God-Given Freedom: An Islamic Point of View | Tuba Işik
- Freedom in the Contemporary Context: Trends in Intersections of Religion, Development, and Foreign Policy | Azza Karam
Part Two: Islamic Texts on Freedom
- Aspects of Human Freedom: Reflections on Selections from the Qur'an and Hadith | Abdullah Saeed
- The Qur'an and Hadith on Freedom: Selections for Dialogue
- Freedom as a Theme in Islamic Thought: An Introduction to Selected Premodern Texts | Lejla Demiri
- Premodern Islamic Writings on Freedom: Selections for Dialogue
- Modern Muslim Elucidations and Contentions on Freedom: An Introduction to Texts for Dialogue | Martin Nguyen
- Islamic Thought in the Modern Period: Selections for Dialogue
Part Three: Christian Texts on Freedom
- Freedom in the Hebrew Bible: From Exodus to Ezekiel, by Way of Reba McEntire and Rage against the Machine | Christopher M. Hays
- Old Testament Texts about Freedom: Selections for Dialogue
- The Motif of Freedom in New Testament Texts: An Introduction | Susan Eastman
- New Testament Texts about Freedom: Selections for Dialogue
- Thematic Dimensions of Freedom: Christian Texts from the Classical Period | Jonathan Chaplin
- Christian Thought on Freedom in the Classical Period: Selections for Dialogue
- Freedom in Modern Christian Thought: Introduction to Sacred Texts | Peniel Jesudason Rufus Rajkumar
- Christian Writings from the Modern Period: Selections for Dialogue
Part Four: Reflections
- Conversations on the Theme of Freedom: Reflections of the Building Bridges Seminar at le Château de Bossey | Lucinda Mosher