World Religions: Eastern Traditions

Amir Hussain

Roy C. Amore

Willard G. Oxtoby

Oxford University Press Academic US

A Concise Introduction to World Religions

Was there a golden age when Muslims and Jews lived together peacefully, or is the story more complex? What has happened between Muslims and Jews in the past few centuries that has so poisoned interactions between the two? And, most important, what can we do about the relations between Muslims and Jews now? This publication features thoughts from historians, scholars and activists who all participated in a conference held by The International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism in 2007. It was also a memorial tribute to Rabbi Sherwin Wine, founder of the Humanistic Judaism movement, which emphasizes that you do not have to be religious in order to consider yourself Jewish. This volume offers selected proceedings of that event, including presentations by media commentator and professor Fawaz Gerges, Anti-Semitism expert Yehuda Bauer, Sephardi/Mizrahi Jewish specialist Jane Gerber, progressive Muslim scholar Amir Hussain and others.

Jews and the Muslim World: Solving the Puzzle

Yehuda Bauer

Jacob Lassner

Yaakov Malkin

Adam Chalom

Sherwin Wine

Fawaz Gerges

Jane Gerber

Derek Penslar

The International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism

Muslims and the Making of America

Baylor University Press

Listen to any news broadcast today and the message comes through loud and clear: Islam is a religion of violence and behind every Muslim there lurks a potential terrorist. Islam is a threat to values of the Christian West. They are like oil and water. Clearly, they don't mix. Oil &amp; Water: Two Faiths One God confronts these popular perceptions head-on. With keen insight and gentle understanding, it explores the differences between Christianity and Islam, as well as the many things these two enduring faith traditions hold in common - including, first and foremost, their belief in and desire to be faithful to the one, true God; their shared roots and scripture (from the Jewish faith); and the spiritual values of peace and social justice. Written for Christians by Muslim world-religions scholar Amir Hussain, the book is divided into two parts. Part 1, provides an overview of the Islamic faith and of the lives of Muslims in North America today. Chapters focus on the place and identity of Muslims in society, as well as on the importance and role of Muhammad, the Qur'an, and basic beliefs and practices (The Five Pillars of Islam). Having provided a foundation for understanding, the book moves on, in Part 2, to explore key points for dialogue today, including issues of violence and jihad, the roles of women and men, and the mystical tradition within Islam. The final two chapters look at interfaith dialogue and the practical aspects of being good "neighbours." In all of this, the book invites the reader to a place of reconciliation, to a place where the truth and value of each of these great faith traditions can be recognized and honoured by the other. In the end, the metaphor of oil and water is an interesting one for the reality of conflict and the hope for reconciliation between Islam and Christianity today.

Oil & Water: Two Faiths: One God

Christian Books & Bibles

Theology

CopperHouse

Cognitive Agent-based Computing-I: A Unified Framework for Modeling Complex Adaptive Systems using Agent-based & Complex Network-based Methods (SpringerBriefs in Cognitive Computation Book 1)

Muaz A Niazi

Springer

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