Promise of Scriptural Reasoning

David F. Ford is Regius Professor of Divinity and a Fellow of Selwyn College at the University of Cambridge. He is also Director of the Cambridge Interfaith Programme and Chair of the Management Committee of the Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies. Among his publications are Self and Salvation: Being Transformed (1999), Theology: A Very Short Introduction (1999), and (edited with Rachel Muers) The Modern Theologians. An Introduction to Christian Theology Since 1918 (Blackwell Publishing, Third Edition, 2005).C.C. Pecknold is Research Associate in the Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. Among his publications are Transforming Postliberal Theology: George Lindbeck, Pragmatism and Scripture (2005), and (edited with Randi Rashkover) Liturgy, Time and the Politics of Redemption (2006).

• Preface: The Promise of Scriptural Reasoning viiC. C. PecknoldPart 1 FramingChapter 1 An Interfaith Wisdom: Scriptural Reasoning Between Jews, Christians And Muslims 1David F. FordPart 2 DescribingChapter 2 A Handbook for Scriptural Reasoning 23Steven KepnesChapter 3 Making Deep Reasonings Public 41Nicholas AdamsChapter 4 Heavenly Semantics: Some Literary-Critical Approaches To Scriptural Reasoning 59Ben QuashPart 3 ReadingChapter 5 Scriptural Reasoning and The Formation Of Identity 77Susannah TicciatiChapter 6 Reading The Burning Bush: Voice, World and Holiness 95Oliver DaviesChapter 7 Qurānic Reasoning as an Academic Practice 105Tim WinterChapter 8 Philosophic Warrants for Scriptural Reasoning 121Peter OchsPart 4 ReasoningChapter 9 Scriptural Reasoning and The Philosophy of Social Science 139Basit Bilal KoshulChapter 10 The Phenomenology of Scripture: Patterns of Reception and Discovery Behind Scriptural Reasoning 159Gavin D. FloodChapter 11 Reading with Others: Levinas' Ethics and Scriptural Reasoning 171Robert GibbsPart 5 RespondingChapter 12 The Promise of Scriptural Reasoning 185Daniel W. HardyIndex 209

"This volume certainly provides a valuable distillation of the wisdom and expertise of a distinguished group of SR practitioners, and will resonate with many." (Theology, November 2008) “The practice of scriptural reasoning is one of the most imaginative…approaches to interreligious dialogue…this collection can serve as a guide…for the sake of mutual hospitality.” (Christian Century)