ISBN:
9780230108615
,
128312422X
,
9780230108608
,
9781283124225
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 214 p)
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Muslims and Jews in America : Commonalities, Contentions, and Complexities
DDC:
305.800973
Keywords:
Intercultural communication
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Muslims Social conditions 21st century
;
Judaism Relations
;
Islam
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Religious tolerance
;
Islam Relations
;
Judaism
;
Jews Social conditions 21st century
;
Globalization
;
USA
;
Juden
;
Muslime
;
Interreligiöse Beziehungen
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Electronic books
;
United States Ethnic relations
;
United States Religion
Abstract:
This book is an exploration of contemporary Jewish-Muslim relations in the United States and the distinct ways in which these two communities interact with one another in the American context. Each essay discusses a different episode from the recent twentieth and current twenty-first century American milieu that links these two groups together.
Abstract:
An exploration of the sometimes contentious, sometimes conciliatory, and often complex relationship between Jews and Muslims in the United States, this book was written by important scholars, religious leaders, and activists from the two communities. Each essay discusses a different episode from the twentieth or twenty-first century American milieu that has either linked these groups together or torn them apart
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Titlepage; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN); List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I Case Examples: Lessons Learned?; 1 You Can't Handle the Truth . . . or Maybe You Can; 2 Who Put Hate in My Sunday Paper?: Uncovering the Israeli-Republican-Evangelical Networks behind the"Obsession" DVD; 3 Children of Abraham in Dialogue; 4 The Khalil Gibran International Academy-Lessons Learned?; Part II Identity Formation: Muslims, Jews, and the American Experience
Description / Table of Contents:
5 Evolving from Muslims in America to American Muslims: A Shared Trajectory with the American Jewish Community6 The War of Words: Jews, Muslims, and the Israeli- Palestinian Conf lict on American University Campuse; 7 Muslims, Jews, and Religious Visibility on American College Campuses; 8 J Street and Current Directions in American Muslim-Jewish Dialogue; Part III Challenges and Opportunities in Reaching across the Divide; Introduction to Speeches by Rabbi Eric Yoffie and Dr. Ingrid Mattso; 9 Inaugural Address at the Forty- fourth Annual Convention of the Islamic Society of North America
Description / Table of Contents:
10 Address at the Sixty- ninth Conference of the General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism11 Integration or Separation: The Relationship between Iranian Jewish and Iranian Muslim Communities in Los Angeles; 12 Challenges and Opportunities for Muslim- Jewish Peacemaking in America; Part IV Toward the Future: New Models in Jewish-Muslim Relations; 13 Beyond Sarah and Hagar: Jewish and Muslim Ref lections on Feminist Theology; 14 Status Quo versus Solution: A New Middle East Playbook; 15 Sacred Text Study as Dialogue between Muslims and Jews; 16 American Jews and American Muslims of Love
Description / Table of Contents:
AfterwordAcknowledgments; Index
Note:
Incudes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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