CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CONTEMPORARY CHANGE

SERIES IIA, ISLAM, VOL. 8

SERIES IVA, EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE, VOL. 21

Islamic and Christian Cultures:  Conflict or Dialogue

Bulgarian Philosophical Studies, III

edited by

Plamen Makariev

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

PART I.  ISLAMIC AND CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS

Chapter I.  The Sense of the Past in the New Testament and the Qur’an

Gregory Dawes

Chapter II.  The Relation between Islamic and Christian Cultures

George F. McLean

Chapter III.  Dialogue between Religious Traditions as a Barrier against Cases of Extreme Religious Fundamentalism

Milko Youroukov

Chapter IV.  Islam, Christianity and Unbelievers:  Ways of Mutuality

  Alexander Andonov

Chapter V.  The Problem of Textual Authority in the Context of Intercultural Dialogue

Burhanettin Tatar

PART II.  DIALOGUE BETWEEN CULTURES IN RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR CONTEXTS

Chapter VI.  Clash of Civilizations or Restorying Mankind

Yuriy Pochta

Chapter VII.  The Tendency of Tolerance in Islamic-Christian Relations

Basia Nikiforova

Chapter VIII.  Framework for Intercultural Understanding:  Islam as a Challenge

Plamen Makariev

Chapter IX.  Islamic and Christian Cultures:  Reopening the Lost Dialogue

Nur Kirabaev

PART III.  SOCIAL IDENTITY AND POLITICAL IDEAS WITHIN ISLAMIC AND CHRISTIAN CULTURES

Chapter X.  Social Identity as a Basis for Dialogue in Society

Jurate Morkuniene

Chapter XI.  Ethnic Identity of Greek-Albanian Immigrants

Mariangela Veikou

Chapter XII.  Religious Values, Social Conflict and Economic Development

S.K. Kuthiala

Chapter XIII.  Human Rights and Islam

J. Stefan Lupp

Chapter XIV.  True and False Pluralism in Relation to the West and Islam

Richard Khuri