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Common Words in Muslim-Christian Dialogue. A study of texts from the Common Word dialogue process

By Vebjørn Horsfjord

Book information

Publisher
Brill / Rodopi
Year
2018
ISBN
9004355200, 9789004355200, 9789004358232
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1484442 bytes)
Series
Currents of Encounter, 57
Pages
280\272
Topic
Religion
Time added
2018-04-24 19:41:39
ChristianityComparative ReligionDialogdialogueHistoryislamIslamic StudiesIslamic TheologyKalamOrientalismOrientalistikQur’anReligionReligionswissenschaftReligious StudiesSpirituality

Description

In Common Words in Muslim-Christian Dialogue Vebjørn L. Horsfjord offers an analysis of texts from an international dialogue process between Christian and Muslim leaders. Through detailed engagement with the Muslim dialogue letter A Common Word between Us and You (2007) and a large number of Christian responses to it, the study analyses the dialogue process in the wake of the Muslim initiative and shows how the various texts gain meaning through their interaction. The author uses tools from critical discourse analysis and speech act analysis and claims that the Islamic dialogue initiative became more important as an invitation to Muslim-Christian dialogue than as theological reflection. He shows how Christian leaders systematically chose to steer the dialogue process towards practical questions about peaceful coexistence and away from theological issues.

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