{"product_id":"beyond-secularism-and-jihad-9780761858379","title":"Beyond Secularism and Jihad","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter D. Beaulieu examines the challenge posed byand tomodernity and historic Islam as they encounter one another. He compares the Western separation of Church and state with the unitary Islamic State, and explores the proposed cultural and societal principles of the Second Vatican Council as potentially influencing long-term events in both arenas. Beaulieu's research is comprehensive and richly documented, yet offers an accessible triangular inquiry into the mosque, the manger, and modernity. By restoring a place at the table for Trinitarian Christianity alongside the engulfing monotheism of Islam and the alternative skepticism of Western rationalism, this inquiry broadens the pallet of inter-religious and intercultural contact points. Beyond Secularism and Jihad? provides balanced attention to the differences as well as the similarities between Christianity, Islam, and modernity. An emerging theme is natural law, which is universal and intrinsic to all mankind and not confined to com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Acknowledgements Introduction  Chapter 1\tNew York to Rome and Istanbul  Chapter 2\tIslam and the Map \t\t\tLife of Mohammed \t\t\tThe Passion of Islam: Some Views \t\t\tThe Crooked Lines of History \t\t\tReligion in History\/Eternity in Time \t\t\tIslam: A Christian “heresy”?  Chapter 3\tThe Mosque: Shari’a and the World \t\t\tThe Qur’an and the New Testament \t\t\tSubmission and Freedom in the World \t\t\tNatural Law and Shari’a  \t\t\tThe Islamic State  Chapter 4\tThe Manger: The Human Person in the World \t\t\t“Separation” of Church and State \t\t\tInward and Outward Engagement: the Two Vatican Councils \t\t\tHuman Dignity and the Common Good \t\t\tThe Just War: Ideology or Discernment?  Chapter 5\tModernity: Monologues and Conversations \t\t\tThe Third Encounter \t\t\tMirror Twins: The Crises of Islam and Modernity \t\t\tFaith, Reason and Science \t\t\tParadise Lies at the Feet of Mothers \t\t\tThe Commandment of Love: A Muslim Request  Chapter 6\tPresent to the Presence \t\t\tMore than Faith and Reason \t\t\tIntellect and Faith \t\t\tWill and Politics \t\t\tMemory and Images \t\t\tAn Uncommon Word  Bibliography Index","brand":"University Press of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037869801815,"sku":"9780761858379","price":97.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761858379.jpg?v=1750937938","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beyond-secularism-and-jihad-9780761858379","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}