University Press of America
Pages: 478
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978-0-7618-5837-9 • Hardback • July 2012 • $140.00 • (£108.00)
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Peter D. Beaulieu holds a bachelor of architecture degree and an interdisciplinary doctorate in urban and regional planning in multicultural settings, both from the University of Washington. He served as an officer in the United States Navy and took part in the Apollo XI lunar spacecraft recovery mission. Beaulieu has had a full career in collaborative public policy activities, including Asia-Pacific trade and logistics. He is a founding board member of the G. K. Chesterton Society of Seattle, a member of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists, and a past member of the Pastoral Council of the Archdiocese of Seattle. His book, Kristi: So Thin is the Veil (2006), honors his late wife and her inspirational battle with terminal cancer.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1New York to Rome and Istanbul
Chapter 2Islam and the Map
Life of Mohammed
The Passion of Islam: Some Views
The Crooked Lines of History
Religion in History/Eternity in Time
Islam: A Christian “heresy”?
Chapter 3The Mosque: Shari’a and the World
The Qur’an and the New Testament
Submission and Freedom in the World
Natural Law and Shari’a
The Islamic State
Chapter 4The Manger: The Human Person in the World
“Separation” of Church and State
Inward and Outward Engagement: the Two Vatican Councils
Human Dignity and the Common Good
The Just War: Ideology or Discernment?
Chapter 5Modernity: Monologues and Conversations
The Third Encounter
Mirror Twins: The Crises of Islam and Modernity
Faith, Reason and Science
Paradise Lies at the Feet of Mothers
The Commandment of Love: A Muslim Request
Chapter 6Present to the Presence
More than Faith and Reason
Intellect and Faith
Will and Politics
Memory and Images
An Uncommon Word
Bibliography
Index