How can Christians committed to the classical Christian tradition address the issues raised by contemporary Islam? Before a much-needed dialogue between Christians and Muslims is established, Christians need to ask themselves how their Scriptures and traditions might come to bear on such a dialogue. Do the divisions among Catholic and Evangelical Christians fracture the classical Christian tradition in ways that undercut Christian-Muslim dialogue before it has even begun? Or could the classical tradition provide invaluable resources for resolving divisions between Catholic and Evangelical Christians in ways that would prepare them for meaningful conversation with Muslim brothers and sisters? And what does it have to teach us about what Christians can and must learn from Muslims about their own traditions? The scholarly essays compiled in Christian Theology and Islam consider these and further questions, offering valuable insight for concerned Christians and academics in the fields of theology and religion.

About the Author
Michael Root is Professor of Systematic Theology at The Catholic University of America and Executive Director of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology. He was formerly the Director of the Institute for Ecumenical Research, Strasbourg, France. James J. Buckley is Professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland. He has recently contributed to and edited (with Frederick Bauerschmidt and Trent Pomplun) 'The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism' (Blackwells, 2007). He is associate director of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology.

Reviews
"Christian Theology and Islam is a fascinatingly ecclectic book. ... This would be a usefull addition to the shelves of a library or specialist scholar, but anyone with any interest in engaging with muslims should buy the book just for chapters three and five." -Anvil, vol 31, issue 1, March 2015 "Full of scholarly detail ... the gem in the book is an essay on 'The Missing Peace of Evangelical Missiology' in which the author argues that the Christian's mandates of peace-making and evangelising not only can go hand in hand but must be pursued together. This has application well beyond the area of Christian-Muslim dialogue which is the focus of the book." -Gertrud Sollars, The Reader, Volume 113, Issue 2, Summer 2015 "The merit of this book consists in presenting effective systems for approaching an interfaith dialogue with Islam." -Alessandro Giostra, Reviews in Religion and Theology 23:1, 2016



Book Information
ISBN 9780227174326
Author James J. Buckley
Format Paperback
Page Count 130
Imprint James Clarke & Co Ltd
Publisher James Clarke & Co Ltd
Weight(grams) 208g