Berkley Center

Prayer: Christian and Muslim Perspectives is a rich collection of essays, scriptural texts, and personal reflections featuring leading scholars analyzing the meaning and function of prayer within their traditions. Drawn from the 2011 Building Bridges seminar in Doha, Qatar, the essays in this volume explore the devotional practices of each tradition and how these practices are taught and learned. Relevant texts are included, with commentary, as are personal reflections on prayer by each of the seminar participants. The volume also contains a Christian reflection on Islamic prayer and a Muslim reflection on Christian prayer. 

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Table of Contents

• Introduction | David Marshall
• Preface | Rowan Williams

Part I: Surveys 1

• Lived Prayer: Some Examples from the Christian Tradition | Michael Plekon
• A Qur'anic Theology of Prayer | Reza Shah-Kazemi
• Muslim Prayer in Practice | M. M. Dheen Mohamed
• Christian Prayer in Practice | Philip Sheldrake
• A Muslim Response to Christian Prayer | Caner Dagli
• A Christian Perspective on Muslim Prayer | Daniel A. Madigan
• Response | Rowan Williams

Part II: Prayer and Scripture 

• The Lord’s Prayer | Susan Eastman
• Al-Fatiha | Rkia Elraoui Cornell
• Prayer in the Spirit in Romans 8 | Philip Seddon
• In Reverence of the Almighty: Understanding Prayer and Worship in Qur'an 3:190–94 and 29:45 | Asma Afsaruddin

Part III: Learning to Pray 

• Learning to Pray with and in the Christian Tradition: Personal Reflections | Lucy Gardner
• Learning to Pray as a Muslim: The Foundational Stage | Ibrahim Mogra
• Growing in Prayer as a Christian | Timothy Wright
• Growing in Prayer as a Muslim: Reflections and Lessons of a Struggler | Timothy J. Gianotti
• Conversations in Qatar | Lucinda Mosher

• Afterword | Rowan Williams
• Personal Reflections on Prayer