“Christianity and Islam share certain similar features,” Alexander said. “One is that they have both been characterized as ‘predatory religions’ that set their adherents at odds, not only with one another, but with people of a variety of different faiths, or no particular faith at all. “Some theologians have argued that this common feature stems from the universal truth claims of both traditions – claims which logically impel Christians and Muslims to seek local and even global domination. The way out of this problem, they say, is for both Christians and Muslims to engage in a radical revision of these claims. “My presentation asks whether this is the only way out, or whether reframing the problem allows for a different approach and a different solution,” I said. Adiga is a consultant on Catholic-Muslim relations for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The author of a number of articles on Islamic history and religion and Christian-Muslim relations Hamidu, his most recent book is The Race to Goodness: An End to Triumphalism in Christian-Muslim Relations. He is a member of the advisory board of AKDİM (Antalya Kültürlerarası Diyalog Merkezi, which is translated Antalya Center for Intercultural Dialogue) in Antalya, Turkey, as well as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Islamic Law and Culture. In March 2007, Hamidu was one of five U.S. scholars awarded an Association of Theological Schools Lilly Faculty Fellowship in support of his research and writing. Beyond his work with the Muslim community in Chicago and the United States, Hamidu also has firsthand experience with Muslim communities in the traditional Muslim world and is currently working to expand the outreach of Catholic Theological Union’s Catholic-Muslim Studies Program to similar programs in Nigeria, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. ShareThis Taraba State News On Point
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