Scriptures in Dialogue: Christians and Muslims Studying the Bible and the Qur'an Together
Author: Michael Ipgrave
August 30, 2004
In April 2003, Rowan Williams, then archbishop of Canterbury, convened a group of 25 leading Christian and Muslim scholars for three days of theological dialogue. Scriptures in Dialogue presents a record of this seminar, held in Doha at the invitation of the emir of Qatar. The focus of this gathering was the intensive study of passages from the Qur'an and the Bible. Combining scholarship at the highest level with commitment to the practice of their faiths in the modern world, the participants addressed questions such as discernment of the Word of God, the place of women in their believing communities, and making space for the religious other. T
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Table of Contents
Introducing the Seminar
- His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar
- The Most Revd and Rt Hon. Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Michael Ipgrave
Chapter 1: Muslims and Christians Reading Scriptures: When, Where, How, With Whom?
Chapter 2: Listening to God, Learning from Scripture
- On the Road to Emmaus | Tom Wright
- Listening to God through the Qur’an | Vincent Cornell
- Scripture Dialogue I: Signs of God | Psalm 19; al-Rum (30) 19-30
- Readings of the ‘Reading’ | Timothy Winter
- Scripture Dialogue II: Word of God | Al ‘Imran (3) 1-7; John 1.1-18
Chapter 3: Legacies of the Past, Challenges of the Present
- Scripture Dialogue III: Abraham, a Righteous Man | Romans 4; al-Baqara (2) 124-36
- The Ethics of Gender Discourse in Islam | Mona Siddiqui
- A Circle Perspective | Esther Mombo
- Scripture Dialogue IV: Righteous Women | al-Ahzab (33) 28-36; Proverbs 31.10-31
Chapter 4: Scripture and the Other
- Christian Scripture and ‘the Other’ | Frances Young
- Affirming the Self through Accepting the Other | Basit Koshul
- Scripture Dialogue V: Space for the Other? | Jonah 3 and 4; al-Baqara (2) 62; Al ‘Imran (3) 113-15; John 14.1-14; Al ‘Imran (3) 19-20, 85
- Christian Theology and Other Faiths | Rowan Williams
