Islam Is... . An Experience of Dialogue and Devotion

Name: Islam Is... . An Experience of Dialogue and Devotion
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ISBN: 9781590561256

ISBN-10: 1590561252

ISBN-13: 9781590561256

Edition: 2nd 2008

Authors: Mary Margaret Funk

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For the last seven years, Benedictine nun Sr. Mary Margaret Funk has engaged in interfaith dialogue with American Muslims in an effort to bridge the gaps that seem to divide Christianity and Islam. Islam Is... is the fruit of her reflection on Islam, a religion that has challenged and transformed her and in which she has found startling similarities to her own deeply held Catholic practice and beliefs. She examines the controversial issues of terrorism, women's rights and economic power, and offers Christians everywhere and Catholics in particular a way of viewing Islam that is honest and authentic. The book concludes with an afterword by Islamic scholar Dr. Shahid Athar, who dialogues with…

Book details

List price: $14.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Lantern Books
Publication date: 5/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 155
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Sr. Mary Margaret Funk is the author of Thoughts Matter (Continuum, 1997) and Tools Matter (Continuum, 1999). She was formerly the Executive Director of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue. She lives at Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove, Indiana.



Acknowledgments


Foreword



Introduction: Our Experience in Dialogue



Preface



An Unlikely Voice



An Earthly Religion



The Pillars of Islam



Insights into Islam



Three Questions



Conclusion



A Response




The Mission of Muslim-Catholic Dialogue




What Would Thomas Merton Do?


Notes


Bibliography


Contributors