Contemporary Muslim and Christian Responses to Religious Plurality: Wolfhart Pannenberg in Dialogue with Abdulaziz Sachedina

Foreword by Veli -Matti Karkkainen Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Contemporary Muslim and Christian Responses to Religious Plurality 2 Contemporary Christian-Muslim Relations: A Brief Historical and Thematic Survey 3 God, History, the Future, and Religious Contestation: Wolfhart Pannenberg's Theology of Religions 4 Islam, Tolerance, and Democracy: Abdulaziz Sachedina's Ethically Inclusive Response to Religious Plurality 5 Pannenberg and Sachedina in Critical Conversation: Conflict, Cooperation, and Convergence 6 Problems and Possibilities of Religious Plurality Revisited: A Contemporary Vision for the Pluralistic Now and Not-Yet 7 Applying Principles of Interfaith Dialogue: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - A Trinitarian Look at Potential Problems and Possibilities 8 Hope against Hope: Potential Progress in the Face of (Seemingly) Intransigent Ideologies Bibliography Index

"...Readers will gain a better understanding of Islam and also a larger view of how Christians can helpfully and faithfully approach interfaith dialogue and religious pluralism. The book identifies hopeful signs and severe obstacles to interfaith dialogue with a sense of realism. Winkler presents one small voice amongst a cacophony of Islamic radicalism. The book is helpful and intriguing..." Craig Stephans, Theological book review, Vol. 24, No 2, 2012. '...[Contemporary Muslim and Christian Responses to Religious Plurality] is a fair assessment of hopeful avenues for, and serious obstacles to, fruitful interfaith dialogue. All engaged with interfaith dialogues, or studying Christian and Islamic responses to religious pluralism, religious globalization, and future pathways of interfaith dialogue will find this book informative...' Armand J. Boehme, Reviews in Religion & Theology, Volume 20, Issue 2, March 2013.

Lewis E. Winkler is a Lecturer in Theology, Church History, and Ethics at East Asia School of Theology in Singapore.