Abstract

Marshall, a priest of the Church of England, began his encounter with Islamic studies at Oxford, before moving to Selly Oak and a doctorate on Qur'anic themes. Inspired by his English mentor, Kenneth Cragg, amongst others, a pressing need to explore more deeply central Christian doctrines in the light of Islam is outlined, which resulted eventually in training other Christian ministers to respond to Islam with confidence, humility and academic rigour. A textually-orientated theologian, the author worked on the writings on Christianity of Isma'il al-Faruqi. An appointment to the Archbishop of Canterbury's staff led to a leading role as academic director of the Building Bridges seminar, many opportunities to teach in Christian seminaries, and to guide the development of the National Christian-Muslim Forum to work at grass-roots level.

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