Justice and Rights: Christian and Muslim Perspectives is a record of the fifth Building Bridges seminar, held at Georgetown University, Washington, DC in 2006. Building Bridges is a project in Muslim-Christian dialogue co-sponsored by Georgetown University and the Archbishop of Canterbury. This volume examines justice and rights from Christian and Muslim perspectives—a topic of immense relevance for both faiths in the modern world, and with deep roots in the core texts and histories of both traditions.
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Table of Contents
Christian and Muslim Perspectives | Michael Ipgrave
Part I: Scriptural Foundations
1. The Ruler and the Ruled in Islam: A Brief Analysis of the Sources | Mohammad Hashim Kamali
2. Biblical Perspectives on Divine Justice and Political Authority | Ellen Davis
3. Scriptural Texts
3.1 Two Psalms | Ellen Davis
3.2 Twelve Verses from the Qur'an | Mustansir Mir
3.3 Two New Testament Texts | Michael Ipgrave
3.4 Seven ahadith | Timothy J. Winter
Part II: Evolving Traditions
4. Religious Orthodoxy and Religious Rights in Medieval Islam: A Reality Check on the Road to Religious Toleration | Vincent J. Cornell
5. Une Foi, Une Loi, Un Roi: Political Authority and Religious Freedom in the West, from Constantine to Jefferson | John Langan
6. Traditional Texts
6.1 A Letter of St. Augustine | Rowan Williams
6.2 A Response of ibn Lubb | Vincent Cornell
6.3 A Treatise of al-Ghazali | Vincent Cornell
6.4 A Treatise of Martin Luther | Miroslav Volf
Part III: The Modern World
7. Human Rights and the Freedom of Religion | Malcolm Evans
8. Modern Texts
8.1 The Barmen Declaration | Miroslav Volf
8.2 Writings of Imam Khomeini | Seyed Amir Akrami
8.3 The Second Vatican Council on Religious Freedom | Carolyn Evans
8.4 Two Islamic Declarations on Human Rights | Fikret Karcic
