Fear and friendship
Subtitle: Anglicans engaging with Islam
By: edited by Frances Ward and Sarah Coakley
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781441101495; 9781441196590; 9781441196088
Subjects: Cultural pluralism; Relations; Christianity; Church of England; Christianity and other religions; Islam
Other titles: Fear & friendship
Description: "Many encounters between people of different religions are marked by an initial sense of incompetence, ignorance and fear-- of getting it wrong, of causing offence, of ulterior motives. Such fears are here explored honestly, in stories of actual situations and relationships - often unexpected, sometimes funny, invariably profound.Friendship is presented as a public rather than merely a private phenomenon, enabling relations of trust and depth to develop and leading to the possibility of authentic talk and reciprocity of respect and courtesy. It emerges as a risky venture in learning how to be human, involving honest negotiation, self-sacrifice and a seeking after the truth. It can enable people to address the fears that so often prohibit inter-religious encounters from deepening beyond the superficial. A strong underlying theme is how the Church of England can contribute to social cohesion in a religiously pluralistic society, even if local clergy and congregations at first feel untrained or wary." -- Publisher's description.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Sarah Coakley; title: Preface; title: 1. Fear and Friendship: Conversation or Conversion? / Alex Hughes; title: 2. 'Strangers and Neighbours': The Springfield Project? and Barelwi Mosque Next Door / Edmund Newey ; in conversation with Richard Sudworth; title: 3. From Identity Politics to Engagement: Making Sense of Muslim Communities in Britain / Philip Lewis; title: 4. Islamophobia / Nuzhat Ali; title: 5. Much Ado About Nothing at Bradford Cathedral / Frances Ward; title: 6. Via Media / Miriam Mushayi, Imran Manzoor and Javaad Alipoor; title: 7. The Importance of Offence: Satire, the Church of England and Islam / Rachel Mann; title: 8. Giving Place: Exploring Christian Hospitality / Ian Wallis; title: 9. Scriptural Reasoning / Catriona Laing; title: 10. Hospitality in Prayer / Judith, SLG; title: Afterword / Rowan Williams, The Archbishop of Canterbury; title: A Note on the 2009 Littlemore Conference at St Andrew's, Handsworth / Edmund Newey.