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Praise for The Prophet's Pulpit: Commentaries on the State of Islam, Volume I"In this volume, one of the most gifted and influential Muslim scholars of our time critically examines the contemporary state of Islam, offering a set of inspirational meditations on its essential, but neglected, teachings. The result is profound, powerful, and transformative. This is a must-read."Ziba Mir-Hosseini, author of Journeys Toward Gender Equality in Islam"The Prophet's Pulpit represents a courageous witness to our time's most pertinent injustices...Khaled Abou El Fadl is one of the few remaining scholars to deploy his pen and pulpit in service of the lowly, the wretched, and the oppressed. More than ever, the Prophetic message of universal justice and beauty must ring louder than the mainstream resignation to a morally weak and quietist Islam." Farah El-Sharif, Associate Director, Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, Stanford University"If you crave an Islam that speaks to every part of your life, that speaks to you as a living, thinking, loving, struggling, questioning person in the here and now, seeking affirmation of one's purpose in this complex, beautiful, brutal world, this is the book for you." Randa Abdel-Fattah, author of Coming of Age in the War on TerrorIn this collection of twenty-five Islamic sermons, Khaled Abou El Fadl, distinguished law professor and classically trained Islamic jurist, delivers incisive commentaries on the current state of Islam and the Muslim world from the symbolic pulpit of the Prophet of Islam. Part Qur'anic exegesis and part socio-ethical commentary, this second volume to the series expands upon the learning from Volume I and adds new sections that delve into current themes of racism, power, dignity, and raising Muslim youth.

This anthology offers readers a unique, thematically structured compendium of their key texts, along with an extensive introduction and a detailed account of their legacy.

This book asks what the world would look like if we adopted agent relativity wholeheartedly, clinging to no shred of absolute morality.

What might it mean us to be formed as disciples not only by the church but also by the world? In Political Formation: Being Formed by the Spirit in Church and World, Jenny Leith argues that ethical and political formation of Christians takes place through the work of the Spirit both in the church and in civic life, and the church, too, has something to learn from wider political practices and movements. This account of formation places centre stage a reckoning with the forms of exclusion and marginalisation that mar the church, and yields an understanding of the church as not only ethically formative but also in constant need of being formed itself.Offering a fresh vision for ecclesiology, which grapples with the ethical failings of the church and takes seriously the need for the church to keep on recognising and repenting of its sins, the book offers a major new contribution to discussions around Christian formation and the relationship between discipleship and ethics.

Vor dem Hintergrund der vielfältigen Interrelationen von theologischer Glaubensreflexion mit kulturellen, politischen und gesellschaftlichen Entwicklungen wollen die Beiträger des vorliegenden Bandes einige Schneisen in das komplexe Feld schlagen und systematische, typologische und historische Referenzpunkte benennen, mit denen das Feld der Theologiegeschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts vermessen werden kann. Die theologischen Debatten konstituierten verschiedene Diskursräume, deren kirchliche, gesellschaftliche, kulturelle und nicht zuletzt politische Anbindungen und Beeinflussungen zu untersuchen sind. Zugleich begründeten sie intellektuelle Netzwerke, die durch spezifische Inszenierungsformen zur Repräsentanz von Theologie im öffentlichen Raum beitrugen. Die Beiträge des Sammelbandes spielen hinein in die Debatten um Modernisierung und Säkularisierung sowie ihren Niederschlag in den theologischen Reflexionen. Hinter allen Beiträgen steht die Frage nach dem Umgang mit "der Moderne" innerhalb der konfessionellen Lager.

A África precisa de líderes e cristãos de todas as esferas da vida para redescobrir a sua identidade e propósito em todas as esferas da sociedade. A Teologia Pública Africana soa um toque de clarim para realizar esta tarefa vital. Deus criou todos os seres humanos igualmente, pretendendo que vivamos em comunidade e assumamos a responsabilidade pelo mundo ao nosso redor - um mandato sobre o qual precisamos agir.Através da aplicação fiel das Escrituras aos contextos comuns no continente hoje, colaboradores de toda a África se unem para apresentar uma visão para a África que Deus planejou. Nenhuma solução simplista é oferecida - em vez disso, a Teologia Pública Africana desafia cada leitor a pensar através da aplicação dos princípios bíblicos na sua própria comunidade, local de trabalho e esfera de influência. Se prestarmos atenção aos princípios e lições que a Palavra de Deus tem para a sociedade, cultura e vida pública, então os países de toda a África podem ter esperança dum futuro livre de corrupção e autopromoção e, em vez disso, caracterizado pela administração coletiva e liderança de coração de servo.

Tod und Sterben gehören zu den existentiellen Grunderfahrungen des Menschseins, die seit jeher Gegenstand kultureller Deutung sind. Der erste Teil des Bandes nähert sich dem Thema aus der Perspektive der philosophischen und theologischen Anthropologie, wobei zunächst die philosophischen Grundmodelle des Leib-Seele-Problems und ihre variantenreiche Rezeption im Raum der drei abrahamitischen Religionen thematisiert werden. Auf dieser Grundlage sind dann im zweiten Teil des Bandes mit der Debatte um Hirntod und Suizidassistenz zwei aktuelle medizinethische Konfliktfelder zu thematisieren, in denen unterschiedliche Todesverständnisse virulent werden.

RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict RELIGION / Comparative Religion RELIGION / Ethics US$35.00 Lucinda Mosher, Elinor J. Pierce, Or N. Rose (eds.) WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS Interreligious Missteps and Mistakes Preface by Francis X. Clooney Afterword by Mahan Mirza [Orbis Logo]

"Develops the hermeneutic circle of liberation theology for ethical action"--