Ian Christopher Levy

Nicholas of Cusa and Islam: Polemic and Dialogue in the Late Middle Ages Ian Christopher Levy

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographical Note: Ian Christopher Levy is Associate Professor of Theology at Providence College in Providence Rhode Island. His work focuses on medieval biblical exegesis, ecclesiology, and sacramental theology. His most recent book is "Holy Scripture and the Quest for Authority at the End of the Middles Ages" (Notre Dame, 2012). Rita George-Tvrtkovi, PhD in theology (2007) University of Notre Dame, is assistant professor of theology at Benedictine University in Illinois. She is author of A Christian Pilgrim in Medieval Iraq: Riccoldo da Montecroce s Encounter with Islam (Brepols, 2012). Donald F. Duclow, Ph. D. (1974) is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Gwynedd-Mercy College. He has published widely on the medieval Christian Neoplatonic tradition, including Masters of Learned Ignorance: Eriugena, Eckhart, Cusanus (Ashgate/Variorum, 2006)."Table of Contents: List of Contributors Foreword by Thomas E. Burman: Nicholas of Cusa and Peter the Venerable s Request Editors Introduction Part I: Cusanus and Islam Morimichi Watanabe: Cusanus, Islam, and Religious Tolerance Walter Andreas Euler: A Critical Survey of Cusanus s Writings on Islam Pim Valkenberg: Una Religio in Rituum Varietate: Religious Pluralism, the Qur an, and Nicholas of Cusa Knut Alfsvag: Divine Difference and Religious Unity: On the Relation Between De Docta Ignorantia, De Pace Fidei and Cribratio Alcorani Joshua Hollman: Reading De pace fidei Christologically: Nicholas of Cusa s Verbum Dialectic of Religious Concordance Felix Resch: The Trinity as a Challenge to Christian-Muslim Dialogue: Nicholas of Cusa s Philosophical Translation of Trinitarian Faith as a Response to Islamic Rejection Part II: Historical Perspectives Rita George-Tvrtkovi: Deficient Sacraments or Unifying Rites? Alan of Lille, Nicholas of Cusa, and Riccoldo da Montecroce on Muslim and Jewish Praxis Marica Costigliolo: Perspectives on Islam in Italy and Byzantium in the Middle Ages and Renaissance Jesse D. Mann: Juan de Segovia on the Superiority of Christians over Muslims: Liber de magna auctoritate episcoporum in concilio generali 10.6 Paul Richard Blum: How to Deal with Muslims? Raymond Lull and Ignatius of Loyola Part III: Muslim Responses to Christianity Asma Afsaruddin: The Messiah Isa, Son of Mary: Jesus in the Islamic Tradition Sandra Toenies Keating: Revisiting the Charge of Ta r f: The Question of Supersessionism in Early Islam and the Qur n Tamara Albertini: Ibn azm s and al-Ghazz l s Most Divergent Responses to Christianity: A Question of Epistemology and Hermeneutics Robert J. Dobie: Jesus in the Muslim and Christian Mystical Traditions: Ibn Arabi and Meister Eckhart Index"Publisher Marketing: To explore Christian-Muslim relations at the dawn of the modern age, this book examines Nicholas of Cusa's seminal works on the Qur'an and world religions. It also considers Muslim responses to Christianity and other Christian writings on Islam. Contributor Bio:  Levy, Ian Christopher Ian Christopher Levy is associate professor of theology at Providence College and editor-translator of the BMT volume on Galatians.