E-grāmata: Death, Resurrection, and Human Destiny: Christian and Muslim Perspectives

In 2012, his final year as Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams convened the 11th annual Building Bridges seminar for Christian and Muslim scholars, and these are its proceedings. Williams himself contributes both the preface and an afterword. Six essays survey death, resurrection, and human destiny, each one followed by one or more commentaries from fellow scholars--Muslims commenting on Christian essays and vice versa. Among the topics are the Bible, Qur'anic and Islamic perspectives, and dying well: Christian faith and practice. Scholars then focus on particular texts, among them St. Paul on the Resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15, al-Ghazali's The Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife, and contemporary funeral liturgy in the Church of England. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Death, Resurrection, and Human Destiny: Christian and Muslim Perspectives is a record of the 2012 Building Bridges seminar for leading Christian and Muslim scholars, convened by Rowan Williams, then Archbishop of Canterbury. The essays in this volume explore what the Bible and Qur an -- and the Christian and Islamic theological traditions -- have to say about death, resurrection, and human destiny. Special attention is given to the writings of al-Ghazali and Dante. Other essays explore the notion of the good death. Funeral practices of each tradition are explained. Relevant texts are included with commentary, as are personal reflections on death by several of the seminar participants. An account of the informal conversations at the seminar conveys a vivid sense of the lively, penetrating, but respectful dialogue which took place. Three short pieces by Rowan Williams provide his opening comments at the seminar and his reflections on its proceedings. The volume also contains an analysis of the Building Bridges Seminar after a decade of his leadership.

Death, Resurrection, and Human Destiny: Christian and Muslim Perspectives is a rich collection of essays, scriptural analysis, and personal reflections featuring leading Christian and Muslim scholars who explore the meaning of death, resurrection, and human destiny within their religious traditions. Drawn from the 2012 Building Bridges seminar in London and Canterbury, chapters address Biblical and Qur'anic references to resurrection, the notion of "dying well" or "the good death," illuminating religious literature from the medieval period, and contemporary funeral practices in Christianity and Islam.