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Islam Is... is the record of Benedictine nun Sr. Mary Margaret Funk's multiyear engagement in interfaith dialogue with American Muslims in an effort to bridge the gaps that seem to divide Christianity and Islam. In the book she reflects on Islam, a religion that has challenged and transformed her and in which she has found startling similarities to her own deeply held Catholic practice and beliefs.
Sr. Mary Margaret examines the controversial issues of terrorism, women's rights and economic power, and offers Christians everywhere and Catholics in particular a way of viewing Islam that is honest and authentic. The book concludes with an afterword by Islamic scholar Dr. Shahid Athar, who dialogues with and explores Sr. Mary Margaret's ideas.
 Sr. Mary Margaret Funk is the author of Thoughts Matter (Continuum, 1997), Tools Matter (Continuum, 1999), and Lectio Matters (Continuum, 2010). She was formerly the Executive Director of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue. She lives at Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove, Indiana.
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Shahid Athar, MD is Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Reviews:
Publishers Weekly
Spirituality & Health
Saudi Aramco World Suggested Reading Review
Monastic Interreligious Dialogue Bulletin
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Spirituality & Health Award
Sample Content:
1 - Table of Contents
2 - Foreword by Michael L. Fitzgerald
3 - Preface
4 - Chapter 1, An Unlikely Voice
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Related Links:
Monastic Interreligious Dialogue
Our Lady of Grace Monastery
Islam for Today
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