Description: Abraham's Children brings together essays by leading scholars of each faith to address key issues for the faiths and to collaboratively identify common ground and pose challenges for the future. The book will inspire readers in the process of inter-faith dialogue, contribute clearly to vital religious issues of contemporary world concern and help readers to understand faiths that are different from their own.
Brief description: Richard Harries was Bishop of Oxford and is a popular speaker and broadcaster.
Review Quotes:
""A dialogue at whatever level between Jews, Christians and Muslims is to be highly applauded, particularly, as in this collection of essays, where the dialogue involves theological principles and beliefs. A theological dialogue along the varied themes of this work is a significant undertaking, and the authors should be thanked for their work." - Mario O. Souza, CSB, Toronto Journal of Theology, July 2008" --Mario O. Souza, CSB
""It is impressive that such an erudite but carefully focussed book can be written at all from its triple launch-pad....there is illumination on almost every page" ANVIL Vol.25 No.2 2008" --Christoper Lamb "'This is the book for our troubled times....in reading and meditating on this lovely book, we can avoid the despair shown by Huntington and Falwell.' Gordon Graham, Church of Ireland Gazette, 13/10/2006" --Gordon Graham "This book's interfaith exercise in mutual understanding could help to promote more cooperation between the three religions in environmental protection." --The Muslim World Book Review "the standard of all the essays is uniformly high and the style lucid" "This collection is hugely valuable" "special congratulations must go to the editorial team for nursing such a superb collection and binding it together with such plausibility." "this book will be immensely useful for all sorts of purposes" --Gavin D'Costa Journal of Jewish Studies ""Abraham's Children: Jews, Christians and Muslims in Conversation is a wonderful compilation of essays by knowledgeable Jewish, Christian and Islamic scholars.... The book serves as an excellent resource for anyone interested in discovering the views on pluralism, gender, the environment and life and death from these three monolithic faiths."- Allan F. Wright, Catholic News Service, December 15, 2006" --Catholic News Service "Title mention in Church of England Newspaper, 21 July 2006" --Rev'd Dr Marcus Braybrooke, Church of England Newspaper "'[T]he reader has 27 perspectives, with brief summaries from the editors. The result is an informative exploration of how each has engaged with the other.' Rt Revd Dr Cragg, Church Times, 22/09/2006" --The Rt Revd Dr Cragg, Church Times