Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Religious Concordance
De Pace fidei in Recent Scholarship
The Word of Concordance
Chapter One: The Prayer for Peace
The Illuminative Word
The Dialectical Word
The Hierarchical Word
The Conversational Word
Chapter Two: The Search for Peace
Nicholas of Cusa’s Journeys
The Search for Reform
Ascending the Summit of Religious Peace
Late Medieval Christian Approaches to Islam
Chapter Three: The Mind’s Road to Peace
Hierarchical Dialectics of Peace: Bonaventura’s Itinerarium Mentis
in Deum
Blinded by the Sun: Platonic Influences
From Confusion to Concordance: Reversal of Babylon and the New
Pentecost
Chapter Four: Seeking the Peace of the City
The New Alexander: Pius II and Mehmed II
War and Peace: Pius II and Nicholas of Cusa
Chapter Five: Visions of Peace
Envisioning Peace: De docta ignorantia and De pace fidei
Envisioning Dialogue: Nicholas of Cusa’s Letter to John of
Segovia
Envisioning Unity: From Council to Pope to Prophet of Religious
Peace
Chapter Six: The Word of Peace
The Unfolding Word: De docta ignorantia and De pace fidei
The Magnetic Word: De concordantia catholica and De pace fidei
The Inherent Word: Cribratio Alkorani and De pace fidei
The Enfolding Word: De visione Dei and De pace fidei
Chapter Seven: For the Peace of Jerusalem
Conclusion: Nicholas of Cusa’s Christocentric Approach to Islam
Bibliography
Index
Joshua Hollmann, Ph.D (2014), McGill University, is Assistant Professor of Theology and Chair of the Theology Department at Concordia College – New York. He has published articles and chapters in books on Nicholas of Cusa, including Nicholas of Cusa and Islam (Brill, 2014).
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