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March 12, 2008

The Future of Christian-Muslim Relations: Where Do We Go From Here?

The March 2008 conference on "The Future of Christian-Muslim Relations: Where do we go from here?" brought together Christian-Muslim and interreligious dialogue experts for discussion as part of the ongoing conversation sparked by A Common Word Between Us and You, in which Muslim leaders sought to begin dialogue with Christians based on a common love of God and one's neighbor. In the keynote address, Peter C. Phan addressed the challenge of reading religious texts interreligiously, followed by five panel discussions over two days. Panelists discussed the character and text of A Common Word, contemplated how diverse Christian communities might respond to the document, and its influence on education practices. They also highlighted how future dialogue initiatives could learn from past efforts. The event was hosted by the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and the Office of the President of Georgetown University.

Featuring

John Esposito

John Esposito

John L. Esposito is a University Professor, Professor of Religion and International Affairs, Professor of Islamic Studies, and the Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. He served as President of the Middle East Studies Association of North America and the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies; he is currently a member of the High Level Group of the UN Alliance of Civilizations, a body of twenty international leaders drawn from politics, academia, civil society, international finance, and media that guides the Alliance's work. He has written over thirty books, including Islam: The Straight Path (2004), Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam (2002), and The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality? (1999). Esposito received the American Academy of Religion’s 2005 Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion.

Participants

Mohammed Abu-Nimer

Mohammed Abu-Nimer

Mohammed Abu-Nimer is a Professor in the International Peace and Conflict Resolution program at the School of International Service and Director of the Peacebuilding and Development Institute at American University. An expert on conflict...
Clare Amos

Clare Amos

Clare Amos is Director of Theological Studies for the Anglican Communion and coordinator of the Network for Inter Faith Concerns in the Anglican Communion (NIFCON). She has previously worked at St George’s College in Jerusalem, the Near East...
John Borelli

John Borelli

Dr. John Borelli is the Special Assistant to the President for Interreligious Initiatives at Georgetown University, a post he has held since 2004, and is responsible particularly for designing and coordinating special projects that further the...
Caner Dagli

Caner Dagli

Caner Dagli is an assistant professor in Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross. He previously taught at Roanoke College in Virginia. Dagli serves as a general editor for the HarperCollins Study Quran (forthcoming). Born in the US,...
John Esposito

John Esposito

John L. Esposito is a University Professor, Professor of Religion and International Affairs, Professor of Islamic Studies, and the Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown...
Yvonne Haddad

Yvonne Haddad

Yvonne Haddad is Professor of the History of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at Georgetown University’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. Her fields of expertise include twentieth-century Islam; intellectual, social, and political...
Ibrahim Kalin

Ibrahim Kalin

Ibrahim Kalin is chief policy advisor to Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and is a fellow at Georgetown University's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. Kalin previously taught at the College of the...
John Langan

John Langan

John Langan, SJ, is the Cardinal Bernardin Chair in Catholic Social Thought in the Department of Philosophy at Georgetown University. His research interests include ethics and international affairs, especially applications of just war theory;...
Daniel Madigan

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...
Thomas Michel

Thomas Michel

Father Thomas Michel, SJ, is a Jesuit scholar working and living in Ankara, Turkey, and former Secretary of the Jesuit Secretariat for Interreligious Dialogue in Rome and Ecumenical Secretary for the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences...
Peter Phan

Peter Phan

Peter C. Phan is the Ignacio Ellacuria Chair of Catholic Social Thought in Theology at Georgetown University. A native of Vietnam, he emigrated to the US in 1975. He has earned doctoral degrees in sacred theology from the Universitas Pontificia...
John Voll

John Voll

John Voll is Professor of Islamic History and Associate Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University. From 1965-1995 Voll taught and researched at the University of New Hampshire. He...