Freedom

Peniel Rajkumar

ISBN 10: 1647121280 / ISBN 13: 9781647121280

Published by Georgetown University Press, US, 2021

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Freedom: Christian and Muslim Perspectives considers how these two faith communities have historically addressed freedom. Through a series of essays, historical and scriptural texts, and reflections, this unique interreligious dialogue provides needed context for deeper understanding of interfaith relations, from ancient to modern times.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Freedom
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press, US
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1647121280
• ISBN 13: 9781647121280
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 340 grams

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Synopsis

A unique interreligious dialogue provides needed context for deeper understanding of interfaith relations, from ancient to modern times

Freedom is far from straightforward as a topic of comparative theology. While it is often identified with modernity and even postmodernity, freedom has long been an important topic for reflection by both Christians and Muslims, discussed in both the Bible and the Quran. Each faith has a different way of engaging with the idea of freedom shaped by the political context of their beginnings. The New Testament emerged in a region under occupation by the Roman Empire, whereas the Quran was first received in tribal Arabia, a stateless environment with political freedom.

Freedom: Christian and Muslim Perspectives, edited by Lucinda Mosher, considers how Christian and Muslim faith communities have historically addressed many facets of freedom. The book presents essays, historical and scriptural texts, and reflections. Topics include God's freedom, human freedom to obey God, autonomy versus heteronomy, autonomy versus self-governance, freedom from incapacitating addiction and desire, hermeneutic or discursive freedom vis-à-vis scripture and tradition, religious and political freedom, and the relationship between personal conviction and public order.

The rich insights expressed in this unique interfaith discussion will benefit readers―from students and scholars, to clerics and community leaders, to politicians and policymakers―who will gain a deeper understanding of how these two communities define freedom, how it is treated in both religious and secular texts, and how to make sense of it in the context of our contemporary lives.

About the Author

Lucinda Mosher is the rapporteur of the Building Bridges Seminar and editor or coeditor eight previous volumes generated by that dialogue. Concurrently, she is Hartford Seminary’s Faculty Associate in Chaplaincy and Interreligious Studies and an affiliate of its Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations. She holds a doctor of theology degree from the General Theological Seminary in New York City.