September 11: Religious Perspectives on the Causes and Consequences - Softcover

Ian Markham is Dean of Hartford Seminary and Professor of Theology and Ethics. An expert on Christian ethics and interfaith relations, he is the author of several books and numerous papers, and has lectured in the UK, USA ans Australia.

Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi is co-director of the Duncon Black Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at hartford Seminary, and Professor of Islamic studies and Christian-Muslim relations. He is a leading specialist in Islamic revivalism and the author of several books on the subject.

Abu-Rabi' (Secularization and its Discontents), co-director of the Duncan Black Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, and Markham (Plurality and Christian Ethics), dean of Hartford Seminary, present this collection via a British publisher, providing 12 different religious perspectives on the events of September 11. Aside from the two editors, who each supply an essay, contributors include a Baptist minister, a Presbyterian pastor, sociologists and Islamic scholars. Accounts cover the origins of Islamic extremists' hatred of the West and America in particular, how U.S. involvement in the Middle East affects these feelings-though no one can fully "account" for the acts of that day-and how the impact of the destruction has played out in religious communities around the world. One standout essay is Nancy T. Ammerman's "Grieving Together: September 11 as a Measure of Social Capital in the U.S.," which examines the recent history of U.S. religious institutions as forces in society, and how they performed during the months of aftermath. Determinedly pluralistic and thoughtfully informed by history and politics, this collection provides leavened religious perspectives.
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