Posted in A Common Word, Antithesis, Apologetics, Christology, Cornelius Van Til, Cross and Crescent, Doctrine of God, Epistemology, Ethics, Ex Pacto, Geerhardus Vos, Herman Bavinck, John Calvin, John Frame, Love, Metaethics, Miroslav Volf, Pilgrim Praxis, Research Papers, Richard Gaffin, Synthesis, Systematic Theology, tagged Christianity, Reformed, religion, covenant, Islam, trinity on June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Abstract
My papers evaluate Dr. Miroslav Volf’s publications and lectures related to A Common Word. In the epistemology paper I examine Volf’s arguments for a shared monotheism between Christianity and Islam, asking, “By what norm can one determine whether Muslims believe in the same monotheistic God as Christians?” In the ethics paper I explore Volf’s love [...]
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In this fourth (read 1, 2, and 3) of four Kistemaker lectures, Dr. Volf examines the question of whether Muslims and Christians share the same love of neighbor as expressed in the A Common Word (ACW) and the Yale Center Response (YCR) documents. (See my introduction and Volf’s lecture 1 for the historical background of [...]
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In this second (read 1, 3, and 4) of four Kistemaker lectures, Dr. Miroslav Volf discusses the Yale Center for Faith and Culture’s response to A Common Word, entitled Loving God and Neighbor Together. Here are my notes:
Background on the Yale Response
Dr. Volf sees A Common Word (ACW) as a highly significant interfaith initiative. He [...]
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Here is the first installment (read 2, 3, and 4) of my notes taken during today’s Kistemaker lectures by Dr. Miroslav Volf. This first of four lectures introduces the Islamic open letter entitled, A Common Word (ACW). (My own brief remarks are [in brackets] throughout the following.)
Introductory Remarks
To help locate his own identity within the [...]
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If you’ll be near Orlando this week, don’t miss the 2008 Kistemaker Academic Lecture Series with Dr. Miroslav Volf, Feb 27 and 28 at Reformed Seminary, Orlando.
(Update: Read lectures 1, 2, 3 and 4.)
Dr. Volf will be speaking on his involvement with the A Common Word initiative, an Islamic attempt to bridge the divide between [...]
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