Muslims and Jews in America: commonalities, contentions, and complexities

This book is an exploration of contemporary Jewish-Muslim relations in the United States and the distinct ways in which these two communities interact withone another in the American context. Each essay discusses a different episodefrom the recent twentieth and current twenty-first century American milieu that links these two groups together. DR.REZA ASLAN Internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of Middle Eastern Studies, is a fellow at the University of Southern California's Centre on Public Diplomacy and Middle East Analyst for 'CBS News'. . DR.AARON J. HAHN TAPPER Founder and Co-Executive Director of Abraham's Vision and an Assistant Professor in the Theology and Religious Studies Department of the University of San Francisco, USA, holding the Swig Chair of Judaic Studies, and he is also the founding Director of the Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice, the first academic program in the country formally linking these two fields. INDICE: Preface; 'Congressman K.Ellison' - Introduction; 'R.Aslan ' - PARTI: CASE EXAMPLES: LESSONS LEARNED? - You Can't Handle the Truth.. or Maybe You Can; 'Rabbi B.Hirschfield' - Who Put Hate in my Sunday Paper: Uncovering theIsraeli-Republican-Evangelical Networks behind the 'Obsession' DVD; 'O.Safi' Children of Abraham in Dialogue; 'Rabbi A.Eilberg' - The Khalil Gibran International Academy - Lessons Learned?; 'D.Almontaser' - PART II: IDENTITY FORMATION: MUSLIMS, JEWS, AND THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - Evolving from Muslims in America to American Muslims: A Shared Trajectory with the American Jewish Community; 'I.F.Abdul' 'Rauf' - The War of Words: Jews, Muslims, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict on American University Campuses; 'A.J.Hahn Tapper' - Muslims, Jews, and Religious Visibility on American College Campuses; 'T.Zaman' - J Street and Current Directions in American Muslim-Jewish Dialogue; 'H.Ellenson' & 'Rabbi D.Ellenson' - PART III: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN REACHING ACROSS THE DIVIDE - Introduction to Speeches by Rabbi Eric Yoffie and Dr. Ingrid Mattson; 'S.Syeed' - Inaugural Address at the 44th Convention of the Islamic Society of North America; 'Rabbi E.Yoffie' - Address at the 69th Conference of the General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism; 'I.Mattson' - Integration orSeparation: The Relationship between Iranian Jewish and Iranian Muslim Communities in Los Angeles; 'S.Soomekh' - Challenges and Opportunities for Muslim-Jewish Peacemaking in America; 'S.Al-Marayati' - PART IV: TOWARD THE FUTURE: NEWMODELS IN JEWISH-MUSLIM RELATIONS - Beyond Sarah and Hagar: Jewish and MuslimReflections on Feminist Theology; 'A.Hidayatullah' & 'J.Plaskow' - Status Quovs. Solution: A Middle East Playbook; 'E.Patel - 'Sacred Text Study as Dialogue between Muslims and Jews; 'R.Firestone' & 'H.Farrag' - American Jews and American Muslims of Love; 'Rabbi M.Lerner' - Afterword; 'P.A.Geffen' ''

• ISBN: 978-0-230-10861-5
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 228
• Fecha Publicación: 10/06/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés