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March 4, 2011
Fourth Georgetown-Campion Hall Seminar: Law and Society
The theme of the fourth seminar was law and society. Papers were given by Richard Sudworth (Christian responses to the political challenge of Islam), Damian Howard SJ (Islam and Christianity: on “religions of law”), and Anthony O’Mahony (Contemporary Middle Eastern Christian political theology and ecclesiology in response to modern Islamic thought on non-Muslims).
Points explored in further discussion included:
--Whether it is helpful for Christians to focus (as Cragg does) on the distinction between Meccan and Medinan paradigms, arguing that only the former is truly compatible with equality between Muslims and non-Muslims;
--How Christians would respond to current upheavals in the Arab world, notably Egypt, and the probable consequence of a higher profile for Islamism;
--Whether Islam challenges Christians to take more seriously the place of law within their own faith, and if so, what the consequences might be;
--The very wide range of Christian responses to the writings of Tariq Ramadan on Islam in the West.
--Whether it is helpful for Christians to focus (as Cragg does) on the distinction between Meccan and Medinan paradigms, arguing that only the former is truly compatible with equality between Muslims and non-Muslims;
--How Christians would respond to current upheavals in the Arab world, notably Egypt, and the probable consequence of a higher profile for Islamism;
--Whether Islam challenges Christians to take more seriously the place of law within their own faith, and if so, what the consequences might be;
--The very wide range of Christian responses to the writings of Tariq Ramadan on Islam in the West.
Participants
Luke Bretherton
Luke Bretherton is a senior lecturer in theology and politics at King's College London, as well as convener of the College's Faith and Public Policy Forum, co-convener of the London Universities Consortium on Religion, Politics and Society, and...
Gavin D’Costa
Gavin D’Costa is Professor of Catholic Theology at the University of Bristol, where he has taught since 1993. He advises the Pontifical Council for Other Faiths and in 1998 was Visiting Professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome....
Lucy Gardner
Lucy Gardner is Tutor in Christian Doctrine at St. Stephen's House, University of Oxford, where she has taught since 1993. She was ordained deacon in the Church of England in 2012. She studied theology at St John’s College, Oxford, and Bonn...
Damian Howard
Damian Howard, SJ is Lecturer in Theology at Heythrop College, University of London. His research engages directly with Islamic theology and contemporary Islamic thought, drawing parallels and contrasts with the concepts and experiences that shape...
Catriona Laing
Catriona Laing is a doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge University and was ordained deacon in the Church of England in 2012. She has been Project Manager of the Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme, which is developing academic...
Daniel Madigan
Father Daniel Madigan, an Australian Jesuit priest, is the Jeanette W. and Otto J. Ruesch Family Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Georgetown University’s Department of Theology, where he has worked since 2008. He is also a...
David Marshall
David Marshall is the Academic Director of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Building Bridges Seminar and a research fellow of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University. He has a PhD in Islamic Studies from...
Anthony O'Mahony
Anthony O’Mahony is Reader in Theology and History of Christianity at Heythrop College, University of London, and a Commissioned Scholar on Middle Eastern Christianity for the Christianity and Freedom Project at the Berkley Center. He was Founding...
Richard Sudworth
Richard Sudworth is pursuing his doctorate in Christian-Muslim relations at Heythrop College in the University of London. In addition, he is a Pioneer Curate in a Muslim-majority parish in Birmingham, where he works to promote a robust dialogue...
Martin Whittingham
Martin Whittingham is Director of the Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies in Oxford and is also a supernumerary research fellow and tutor at Regent's Park College, Oxford University. He has degrees in English Literature and Christian Theology, as...