TY  - BOOK
AU  - Markham,Ian S.
TI  - Engaging with Bediuzzaman Said Nursi: a Model of Interfaith Dialogue
SN  - 9780754696797 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BP172 .M326 2009
U1  - 201.5261.2'7dc22 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Farnham
PB  - Ashgate Pub.
KW  - Nursi, Said,
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - Islam
KW  - Relations
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Dialogue
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Nurculuk
KW  - RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Christianity / General
KW  - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Gaia & Earth Energies
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part One Learning from Said Nursi; 1 Introduction: Christian Theology and Islam; 2 Religious Basis for Ethics; 3 Challenging Atheism; 4 Living Life Accountable; 5 Faith First, Politics Second; 6 Engaging Religious Diversity; 7 Coping with Globalization; 8 Grounded Spirituality: The Challenge of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi; 9 What Christians Can Learn from Bediuzzaman Said Nursi; Part Two: Rethinking Dialogue; 10 The Dialogue Industry; 11 Learning from India; 12 A New Decalogue; 13 Conservatives and Dialogue: Why It Is Essential to Get Conservatives Excited about the Dialogue14 Neither Conservative nor Liberal: A Theology of Christian Engagement with Non-Christian Tradition; 15 Conclusion; Index
N2  - Too often interfaith dialogue is generic and unfocused. Often it involves 'liberals' from each tradition coming together to criticize the 'conservatives' in their own traditions. This book provides a model for interfaith dialogue that challenges very directly the 'dialogue industry'. This book involves a Christian theologian in deep conversation with a Muslim theologian. Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (1877-1960) was born at the end of the Ottoman Empire and lived through the emergence of an aggressive secular state. He had to think through, in remarkably creative ways, the challenge of faith within a
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