Muslim and Christian understanding : theory and application of "a common word" / edited by Waleed El-Ansary and David K. Linnan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"A Common Word between us and you" : motives and applications / HE Shaykh Ali Goma'a -- "A Common Word" initiative : theoria and praxis / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- The power of finding common ground : "A Common Word" and the invitation to understanding / The Right Reverend William O. Gregg -- Islam, Christianity, the Enlightenment : "A Common Word" and Muslim-Christian relations / Ibrahim Kalin -- Mutual theological hospitality : doing theology in the presence of the "other" / Daniel A. Madigan -- Spirituality and other religions : meditations upon some deeper dimensions of " A Common Word between us and you" / Caner Dagli -- Ecumenical patriarch Bartholomew and interfaith dialogue : mystical principles, practical initiatives / John Chryssavgis -- What of the Word is common? / Joseph Lumbard -- Disagreeing to agree : a Christian response to "A Common Word" / James S. Cutsinger -- Theological parallels and metaphysical meeting points : Christ and the Word in Christianity and Islam / Maria M. Dakake -- Islamic environmental economics and the three dimensions of Islam : "A Common Word" on the environment as neighbor / Waleed El-Ansary -- Reassessing the role of religion in Western climate change decision-making / Cinnamon P. Carlarne -- In pursuit of a "new secular" : human rights and "A Common Word" / Nicholas Adams -- Multiculturalism in Indonesia : human rights in practice / Harkristuti Harkrisnowo -- The "Common Word" development, and human rights : African and Catholic perspectives / Joseph M. Isanga -- An Islamic perspective on economic development / Zamir Iqbal and Abbas Mirakhor -- A common view of development : richer versus better, and who decides? / David K. Linnan.

"This book explores "A Common Word Between Us and You," a high-level ongoing Christian-Muslim dialogue process. The Common Word process was commenced by leading Islamic scholars and intellectuals as outreach in response to the Pope's much criticized Regensburg address of 2007, and brings to the fore, in the interest of developing a meaningful peace, how the Islamic and Christian communities representing well over half of the world's population might agree on love of God and love of neighbor as common beliefs"--