This article was written by Chris Hewer for a presentation volume dedicated to Prof. Dr Christian Troll SJ to mark his seventieth birthday (Im Dienst der Versöhnung: Für einen authentischen Dialog zwischen Christen und Muslimen, (ed.) Peter Hünseler, Regensburg: Verlag Friedrich Pustet, 2008). Prof. Troll […]
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This article was written by Chris Hewer as a contribution to the two-volumeposthumous book to mark the contribution of Prof. David Kerr, the Founder-Director of the Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations in Selly Oak, Birmingham (World Christianity in Muslim Encounter:
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For much of the last dozen years, I have been running courses, writing and talking to people to help them to understand Islam and Christian-Muslim relations. For six years in Birmingham (1999-2005), when I was the Adviser on Inter-Faith Relations to the
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Crucible: The Christian journal of social ethics devoted its July-September 2008 number to “Islam in Britain: challenge and opportunity”. The following article was written by Chris Hewer. It explores some of the key social values that Islam might have to contribute to
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In 2007 Chris Hewer was invited to give a paper to the Catholic Theological Association at its annual meeting in Leuven, Belgium, on theological issues in Christian-Muslim dialogue, which was subsequently published in New Blackfriars, vol. 89, no. 1021, May 2008. Click
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The Church of Ireland held a national in-service training day in Dublin in 2006 at which Chris Hewer spoke and later contributed the following paper to the Church of Ireland Journal, June 2006. It serves as a useful first introduction to Islam.
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The Church of Ireland held a national in-service training day in Dublin in 2006 at which Chris Hewer spoke and later contributed a paper (see Introduction to Islam on this website). There were several “Hard Questions” left hanging on this day, which