Muslim and Christian Understanding

Chapter 1 Narrative Introduction

Chapter 2 “A Common Word Between Us and You”: Motives and Applications

Chapter 3 “A Common Word” Initiative: Theoria and Praxis

Chapter 4 The Power of Finding Common Ground: “A Common Word” and the Invitation to Understanding

Chapter 5 Islam, Christianity, the Enlightenment: “A Common Word” and Muslim-Christian Relations

Chapter 6 Mutual Theological Hospitality: Doing Theology in the Presence of the “Other”

Chapter 7 Spirituality and Other Religions: Meditations upon Some Deeper Dimensions of “A Common Word Between Us and You”

Chapter 8 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Interfaith Dialogue: Mystical Principles, Practical Initiatives

Chapter 9 What of the Word Is Common?

Chapter 10 Disagreeing to Agree: A Christian Response to “A Common Word”

Chapter 11 Theological Parallels and Metaphysical Meeting Points: Christ and the Word in Christianity and Islam

Chapter 12 Islamic Environmental Economics and the Three Dimensions of Islam: “A Common Word” on the Environment as Neighbor

Chapter 13 Reassessing the Role of Religion in Western Climate Change Decision-Making

Chapter 14 In Pursuit of a “New Secular”: Human Rights and “A Common Word”

Chapter 15 Multiculturalism in Indonesia: Human Rights in Practice

Chapter 16 The “Common Word,” Development, and Human Rights: African and Catholic Perspectives

Chapter 17 An Islamic Perspective on Economic Development

Chapter 18 A Common View of Development: Richer Versus Better, and Who Decides?