An interreligious dialogue on the central Christian and Islamic concepts of mercy and grace seeking to foster and model mutual respect for different faith traditions
The themes of divine mercy and graciousness are among the most foundational concepts in both the Christian and Islamic traditions and scriptures. "Mercy" might seem more prominent in Islamic discourse than in Christian; and "grace" might seem more prominent in Christian thought than in Islamic. Yet, in fact, they are both present in each tradition.
Mercy and Grace presents an interreligious dialogue based on the Building Bridges Seminar, conceived from a desire to foster understanding and cooperation between the Christian and Islamic faiths.
Participants
Preface: Two Decades of Mutual Theological Hospitality: Reflections on the
Twentieth Anniversary of the Building Bridges Seminar, Lucinda Mosher
Introduction
Part One: Muslim Perspectives on Mercy and Grace
1. Concepts of Mercy and Grace in the Muslim Tradition: An Overview, Kenan
Musi
2. Mercy, Grace, and Guidance: The Meccan Suras, Maria Massi Dakake
3. The Meccan Suras on Mercy and Grace: Texts for Study
4. Mercy and Grace in the Medinan Qur'an: An Introduction, Mahan Mirza
5. The Medinan Suras on Mercy and Grace: Texts for Study
6. Mercy and Grace in the Islamic Theological Tradition: An Overview, Ramon
Harvey
7. Mercy and Grace in the Prophetic Tradition: A Close Look at Selected
Hadith, Muhammad Modassir Ali
8. Selected Hadiths on Mercy and Grace: Texts for Study
Part Two: Christian Perspectives on Mercy and Grace
9. Concepts of Mercy and Grace in the Catholic Tradition: An Overview, Julia
Lamm
10. Mercy and Grace in the Old Testament: An Introduction, Jacob Onyumbe
11. The Old Testament on Mercy and Grace: Texts for Study
12. Implicit Mercy and Ubiquitous Grace: Examples in the New Testament Gospel
and the Letter of James, Christopher M. Hays
13. The Gospels and James on Mercy and Grace: Texts for Study
14. Theology of Grace in Christian Tradition: Basic Affirmations and Debates,
Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
15. Paul on Mercy and Grace: Key Passages; Parallels with Teachings of Jesus,
Susan Eastman
16. New Testament Writings on Mercy and Grace: Texts for Studying, Pauline
Thought
Part Three: Reflection
17. Mercy and Grace in Virginia: Conversations during the Twentieth Building
Bridges Seminar, Lucinda Mosher
18. Cultivating Peaceful Proximity: A Scholar-Practitioner's Engagement with
the Building Bridges Seminar Book Series, Charles Tieszen
19. A Solid Contribution: An Assessment of a Volume in the Building Bridges
Seminar Book Series, Syed Atif Rizwan
Lucinda Mosher is director of the Master of Arts in Interreligious Studies program and an affiliate of the Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and ChristianMuslim Relations at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace. She is also senior editor of the Journal of Interreligious Studies. She has written several books and edited or coedited nearly twenty titles, among them The Georgetown Companion to Interreligious Studies (2022).
