In the Spirit of St. Francis & the Sultan
by Dardess, George; Mich, Marvin L. KrierFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-04-01
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Author Biography
George Dardess, an ordained deacon who lives in Rochester, New York, is a member of the Muslim Catholic Alliance of Rochester and the author of two recent books on Muslim-Christian dialogue: Meeting Islam: A Guide for Christians and Do We Worship the Same God: Comparing the Bible and the Qur'an. Marvin L. Krier Mich is director of Social Policy at the Catholic Family Center, a regional office of Catholic Charities in Rochester. He is also president of the Greater Rochester Community of Churches. His books include Catholic Social Teaching and Movements and The Challenge and Spirituality of Catholic Social Teaching.
Table of Contents
| Preface: An Offering of Thanks | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The World Today | p. 1 |
| Some First Steps toward Peace | p. 4 |
| Who Is the Audience for This Book? | p. 6 |
| Where Do We Start? | p. 8 |
| And Where Are We Headed? | p. 10 |
| Yes Maybe, but What Do You Mean by ôInterfaith Dialogueö? | p. 11 |
| Our Book's Plan in More Detail | p. 15 |
| Using This Book | p. 16 |
| Model for Our Encounter: The Meeting between Francis and the Sultan | p. 17 |
| Building Confidence | |
| Finding Common Symbols | p. 23 |
| Retrticing the Path of Francis and the Sultan: First Steps | p. 23 |
| Taking Our Own First Steps | p. 27 |
| Commonalties of Creeds | p. 28 |
| The Creed of Islam | p. 28 |
| The Creed of Christianity | p. 29 |
| Commonalties of Structure | p. 31 |
| Islam's Structure | p. 31 |
| Christianity's Structure | p. 35 |
| Approaching Symbols | p. 37 |
| Commonalties of Symbols | p. 39 |
| Meal-The Differences | p. 39 |
| Meal-The Commonalties | p. 40 |
| Light-The Differences | p. 40 |
| Light-The Commonalties | p. 41 |
| Water-The Differences | p. 41 |
| Water-The Commonalties | p. 42 |
| Path-The Differences | p. 42 |
| Path-The Commonalties | p. 43 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 44 |
| Developing Common Prayers | p. 45 |
| Retracing the Path of Francis and the Sultan: Praying to God Together | p. 45 |
| Can Christians and Muslims Pray in One Voice Today? | p. 47 |
| Jesus or 'Isa? | p. 50 |
| A Caution! | p. 53 |
| Comparing and Contrasting Belief about Jesus/'Isa | p. 54 |
| Luke 2:3-20 | p. 54 |
| The Qur'an (Sura Maryam) [Mary] 19:22-37 | p. 55 |
| The Lord's Prayer and the Fatihah as Points of Entry | p. 60 |
| The Lord's Prayer (Gospel of Matthew, 6:9-13) | p. 60 |
| The Fatihah (Sura Fatihah 1:1-7) | p. 60 |
| Looking Forward | p. 63 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 64 |
| Reviewing Each Other's Scriptural Warrants for Social Justice Ministry | |
| The Fundamentals of Christian Social Justice | p. 67 |
| Francis and Peacemaking | p. 67 |
| How Francis Became St. Francis | p. 68 |
| The Christian Calling to Peacemaking and Social Justice | p. 70 |
| A Pause for Reflection | p. 71 |
| Hearing What Bach Other Says about Social Justice | p. 72 |
| Christian Social Justice Traditions | p. 73 |
| Beginning in Scipture | p. 73 |
| God's Warnings against Idolotry and God's Concern for the Poor | p. 74 |
| God's Initiative to Promote Peacemaking: Covenant | p. 74 |
| Biblical Rights and Rcsponsibilities | p. 76 |
| The Christian Challenge, Then and Now | p. 77 |
| Foundations of Christian Social Justice: Against Idolatry and Possessiveness | p. 77 |
| Sharing Possessions | p. 79 |
| Jesus as Exemplar of What It Means to Share | p. 80 |
| ôYou Always Have the Poor with You,ö | p. 82 |
| Front Peacemaking to Nomviolence | p. 83 |
| Voluntary Poverty: Jesus' Influence on Francis | p. 85 |
| If Francis Lived Today | p. 86 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 87 |
| The Fundamentals of Islamic Social Justice | p. 88 |
| The Sultan and Peacemaking | p. 88 |
| How the Sultan Became ôThe Authority is Whole,ö | p. 89 |
| The Opposition of Pelagius | p. 91 |
| The Muslim Social Justice Tradition | p. 93 |
| Covenant in Islam | p. 94 |
| Centered in Creation | p. 96 |
| The Qur'an's Intersection with Human History | p. 99 |
| Jihad as the Basis of Peacemaking | p. 101 |
| Jihad and Sultan Malik Al-Kamil | p. 105 |
| If the Sultan Lived Today | p. 107 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 108 |
| Greeting the Angels (As Well as Confronting the Demons) of Our Historical Relationship | |
| The Blessings of Our Religious and Cultural Sharing | p. 113 |
| The Openness of Francis | p. 113 |
| The Openness of Sultan Malik al-Kamil | p. 115 |
| The History of Muslim-Christian Relations: The Positive Side | p. 116 |
| The Challenges of Scripture as History | p. 117 |
| What the Qur'an Says about Christians and Christianity | p. 119 |
| Scriptural Support in the Qur'an for Muslim-Christian Solidarity | p. 121 |
| Scriptural Support for Solidarity in the New Testament | p. 122 |
| Muslim-Christian Relations after the Qur'anic Period | p. 124 |
| The Growing Bonds between Muslims and Christians | p. 126 |
| Christian-Muslim Cross-Fertilizations: The Abbasid Period | p. 128 |
| Christian-Muslim Cross-Fertilizations: The Córdoba Period | p. 129 |
| What Baghdad and Córdoba Can Tell Muslims and Christians Today | p. 130 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 131 |
| Confronting Our Demons: Sin as Exclusion | p. 132 |
| The ôOfficialö Account of Events at Damietta: A Victory over the Sultan and Islam | p. 132 |
| A Trial by Fire? | p. 134 |
| Was Bonaventure to Blame? | p. 135 |
| Acknowledging Our Brokenness | p. 136 |
| Eliminating the Notion of the ôEnemy,ö | p. 137 |
| Acknowledging the Enemy Within | p. 138 |
| Religion, a Cause of Violence? | p. 140 |
| Sin as Exclusion | p. 141 |
| Jesus and the Prophet Muhammad: Alike in Suffering Sin as Exclusion | p. 143 |
| The Sin of Exclusion and Divine Mercy | p. 145 |
| Modern Parallels with the Pharisee and the Tax Collector | p. 147 |
| Are Today's Crusaders Christian? Are Today's Terrorists Muslim? | p. 148 |
| Today's Challenge | p. 149 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 150 |
| Working in Solidarity for the Salaam of the Kingdom | |
| Common Ground, Common Action | p. 153 |
| What Really Happened at Damietta? | p. 153 |
| Gestures of Confidence | p. 154 |
| Emerging Values | p. 156 |
| Today's Gestures of Confidence | p. 156 |
| Pope Benedict's Regensburg Speech: Negative Moment, Positive Outcome | p. 157 |
| From Blunder to Blessing | p. 161 |
| Moving toward Praxis: The Centrality of Social Justice | p. 162 |
| A Shared Truth: The Option for the Poor | p. 163 |
| Shared Truth Number Two: Identifying God with Justice | p. 165 |
| Jihad for Justice | p. 168 |
| ôPublic Theologyö: Themes of Catholic Social Teaching | p. 171 |
| The Human Dignity of All | p. 171 |
| The Common Good | p. 172 |
| The Importance of Community | p. 172 |
| Respect Human Rights | p. 173 |
| The Need for Solidarity | p. 173 |
| The Option for the Poor | p. 173 |
| Respect for Creation | p. 174 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 174 |
| Leaving the Tent | p. 176 |
| Post-Damietta: The Sultan | p. 177 |
| Post-Damietta: Francis | p. 179 |
| Leaving the Tent of Meeting at Damietta | p. 181 |
| Leaving the Damiettas of Today | p. 183 |
| Toward Praxis, Toward Jihad | p. 185 |
| Guidelines for Common Praxis | p. 186 |
| Listening and Hearing | p. 186 |
| Starting Out | p. 187 |
| Immediate Needs and Long-term Issues | p. 189 |
| For Example: Feeding the Hungry | p. 190 |
| Practical Do's and Don't's | p. 192 |
| Surveying the Land Ahead | p. 193 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 195 |
| Notes | p. 197 |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 202 |
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