Mona Siddiqui is professor of Islamic and interreligious studies at the Divinity School, Edinburgh University. She lives in Glasgow.
“A charitable, knowledgeable, very readable and personally candid
survey of Christian-Muslim interactions and disputes."—Matthew
Skinner, The Christian Century
*The Christian Century*
"For a muslim writer to seek new forms of dialogue between
Christians and Muslims is an audacious venture. Mona Siddiqui, the
well-known academic, broadcaster and interfaith practitioner
from the University of Edinburgh, has dared to go where others have
feared to tread . . . She does so with admirable empathy and a
detailed knowledge of Islamic and Christian theological texts,
offering an exemplary model of how courageously creative dialogues
might be constructed and a new model of interfaith relations
advanced . . . This book reveals profound learning, but it also
shows that searching for dialogue is a great adventure that can
become a transformative 'personal and spiritual
journey'." —Ursula King, Times Higher Education Supplement
*Times Higher Education Supplment*
"Parts of her book are rigorously academic and arcane, other parts
are very personal . . . She does not confine her meditations
on her own faith to an introduction. Rather, she ambitiously weaves
her personal and scholarly views throughout . . . The most
compelling passages are the personal ones, in which the author sets
out some of her own dilemmas . . . She writes with clarity and
empathy about the core doctrines of Christianity . . . But
unlike other comparative-religion scholars, she does not paper over
the differences between these two global monotheisms.”—The
Economist
*The Economist*
“In this fascinating book [Siddiqui] touches on a central doctrinal
difference between the two largest monotheisms: the true nature of
Jesus of Nazereth.” —Sameer Rahim, The Sunday Telegraph
*The Sunday Telegraph*
“In this enlightening and inspiring book, Mona Siddiqui. .
.discusses how Jesus is both the ‘bridge and the barrier’ between
Christianity and Islam. It is in itself a significant work of
inter-faith understanding, and in its account of the historical
debates on the role of Jesus in both religions, offers an important
model of how such theological dialogues might ideally be conducted
without either bigoted intransigence or relativistic
self-censoring.”—Stuart Kelly, Scotland on Sunday
*Scotland on Sunday*
“[H]er case is shot through with qualifications, testifying to her
honesty and intellectual empathy as well as a depth of scholarship
to be expected of the Professor of Islamic and Interreligious
Studies at Edinburgh. . .She [Siddiqui] deserves recognition as one
of the most imaginative leaders of contemporary Islamic
thought.”—Jonathan Benthall, Times Literary Supplement
*Times Literary Supplement*
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