Inter Faith in Action - Dialogues Building Bridges
This initiative so called after the Christian-Muslim seminar of the same name held at Lambeth Palace , 17-18 January 2002. The then Archbishop of Canterbury The Most Reverend and Rt Hon. George Carey was an instigator together with His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan and The Rt Hon. Tony Blair, The Prime Minister.
Five pairs of scholars (each consisting of one Muslim and one Christian) presented a pair of papers. In the first four sessions each paper was followed by a prepared response from the scholar of the other faith to the presenter. After the fifth pair participants split into small groups to consider ways of carrying the dialogue forward. Subsequent meetings have focused on a particular theme. Some of the papers presented have been published in book form.
Meetings and Publications
- Singapore Winter 2007 theme: Humanity in Context
- Georgetown, USA, Spring 2006 theme: Justice and Rights: Christian and Muslim Perspectives
- Sarajevo, Spring 2005 theme: Citizenship and the Common Good
- Georgetown, USA, Spring 2004 theme: Bearing the Word: Prophecy in the Biblical And Qu'ranic Perspective
- Doha, Qatar, Spring 2003 theme: Scriptures in Dialogue: Christians and Muslims studying the Bible and the Qur'an together
- Lambeth Palace, January 2002, theme: The Road Ahead: a Christian-Muslim Dialogue