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Book SynopsisDeath, Resurrection, and Human Destiny: Christian and Muslim Perspectives is a record of the 2012 Building Bridges seminar for leading Christian and Muslim scholars, convened by Rowan Williams, then Archbishop of Canterbury. The essays in this volume explore what the Bible and Qur n-and the Christian and Islamic theological traditions-have to say about death, resurrection, and human destiny. Special attention is given to the writings of al-Ghazali and Dante. Other essays explore the notion of the good death. Funeral practices of each tradition are explained. Relevant texts are included with commentary, as are personal reflections on death by several of the seminar participants. An account of the informal conversations at the seminar conveys a vivid sense of the lively, penetrating, but respectful dialogue which took place. Three short pieces by Rowan Williams provide his opening comments at the seminar and his reflections on its proceedings. The volume also contains an analysis of the Building Bridges Seminar after a decade of his leadership.
Trade ReviewThese essays offer a rich and complex study of death and the afterlife. * Anglican Theological Review *
Table of ContentsIntroductionDavid Marshall PrefaceRowan Williams Part I: SurveysDeath, Resurrection, and Human Destiny in the BibleN. T. Wright Response to N. T. WrightReza Shah-Kazemi Response to Reza Shah-KazemiN. T. Wright Death, Resurrection, and Human Destiny: Qur' nic and Islamic PerspectivesMona Siddiqui Response to Mona SiddiquiJane Dammen McAuliffe Death, Resurrection, and Human Destiny in the Islamic TraditionAsma Afsaruddin Response to Asma AfsaruddinGavin D'Costa Death, Resurrection, and Human Destiny in the Christian TraditionGeoffrey Rowell Response to Geoffrey RowellFeras Hamza Dying Well: Christian Faith and PracticeHarriet Harris Response to Harriet HarrisRecep enturk A Muslim's Perspective on the Good Death, Resurrection, and Human Destiny Sajjad Rizvi Death and the Love of Life: A Response to Sajjad Rizvi Miroslav Volf ReflectionsRowan Williams Part II: Texts and Commentaries1 Corinthians 15 St. Paul on the Resurrection: 1 Corinthians 15Richard A. Burridge Selected Qur' nic Texts Commentary on Selected Qur' nic TextsMuhammad Abdel HaleemSelected Passages from al-Ghaz l 's The Remembrance of Death and the AfterlifeAl-Ghaz l on DeathTim WinterSelected Passages from Dante's The Divine ComedyThe Afterlife as Presented by Dante Alighieri in The Divine ComedyDennis McAuliffeSelected Passages from Journey to the AfterlifeMuslim FuneralsMusharraf HussainContemporary Funeral Liturgy in the Church of England Christian FuneralsMichael IpgraveConversations in CanterburyDavid MarshallAfterwordRowan WilliamsPersonal Reflections on Death A Decade of Appreciative Conversation: The Building Bridges Seminar under Rowan Williams Lucinda Mosher Index
