Prayer: Christian and Muslim Perspectives

Participants and Contributors

Participants and Contributors Muhammad Abdel Haleem King Fahd Professor of Islamic Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Asma Afsaruddin Professor of Islamic Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Indiana University Akintunde Akinade Visiting Professor of Theology, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Qatar Seyed Amir Akrami Researcher, Iranian Institute of Philosophy, Tehran Rkia Elraoui Cornell Senior Lecturer and Language Coordinator in Arabic, Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia Vincent J. Cornell Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia Caner Dagli Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts Gavin D’Costa Professor of Catholic Theology, University of Bristol, U.K. Susan Eastman Assistant Professor of the Practice of Bible and Christian Formation, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina David Ford Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, U.K. vii viii participants and contributors Lucy Gardner Tutor in Christian Doctrine, St. Stephen’s House, University of Oxford, U.K. Timothy Gianotti Noor Fellow in Islamic Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada Toby Howarth Secretary for Inter Religious Affairs, Church of England Muhammad K. Khalifa Professor of Comparative Religions, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Qatar Foundation Daniel A. Madigan Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Theology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC Jane Dammen McAuliffe President, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania Ibrahim Mogra Chairman, Mosque and Community Affairs Committee, Muslim Council of Britain M. M. Dheen Mohamed Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Sharia and Islamic Studies, Qatar University Lucinda Mosher Faculty Associate for Interfaith Studies, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, Connecticut Michael Plekon Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Program in Religion and Culture, Baruch College of the City University of New York Sajjad Rizvi Associate Professor of Islamic Intellectual History, University of Exeter, U.K. Philip Seddon Formerly Tutor, Southern Theological and Educational Training Scheme, Salisbury, U.K. Recep Şentürk Director General and Dean of Graduate Studies, Alliance of Civilizations Institute, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif Üniversitesi, Istanbul participants and contributors ix Reza Shah-Kazemi Research Associate, Institute of Ismaili Studies, London Samy Shehata Dean, Anglican Pro-Cathedral of St Mark, Alexandria, Egypt Philip Sheldrake Senior Research Fellow, Cambridge Theological Federation, U.K. Mona Siddiqui Professor of Islamic Studies and Public Understanding, University of Glasgow, U.K. Janet Soskice Professor of Philosophical Theology, University of Cambridge, U.K. Michael Welker Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Heidelberg, Germany Rowan Williams Archbishop of Canterbury, Church of England Timothy Wright Abbot Emeritus, Ampleforth Abbey, U.K. Jihad Youssef Monk, Deir Mar Musa el-Habashi, Syria Rkia Elraoui Cornell was prevented from attending the seminar, but her paper was presented at it on her behalf and is included in this volume. Vincent Cornell and Gavin D’Costa were also prevented from attending, but their brief contributions to the volume’s concluding section, ‘‘Personal Reflections on Prayer,’’ are included. This page intentionally left blank ...