Lecture to Explore Contemporary Muslim-Christian Relations

WORCESTER, Mass. – Mahmoud M. Ayoub, professor of Islamic studies and Christian-Muslim relations at the Duncan Black Macdonald Center at Hartford Seminary, will give a lecture titled “The Place of Revelation in Christian-Muslim Dialogue” on Thursday, April 8 at 4:30 p.m. in the Rehm Library at the College of the Holy Cross. The lecture, sponsored by the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, is free and open to the public.

In the final lecture of a series exploring both the historical and contemporary dynamics of Christian-Muslim relations, Ayoub will provide a methodological foundation for focusing on key contemporary theological issues.

For 20 years, Ayoub was professor and director of Islamic Studies at Temple University, adjunct professor at Hartford Seminary, a research fellow at the Middle East Center at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Tolson visiting professor at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, Calif. In 1998, he helped devise and launch a master’s level program in Muslim-Christian relations and comparative religion for the Centre for Christian-Muslim Studies, University of Balamand, Lebanon, where he is a visiting professor.

Ayoub is the author of numerous books, including Redemptive Suffering in Islam: A Study of the Devotional Aspects of ‘Ashura’ in Twelver Shi’ism (Mouton De Gruyter, 1978), The Qur’an and Its Interpreters (two volumes, SUNY Press, 1984 and 1992), Dirasat fi al-‘Alaqat al-Masihiyyah al-Islamiyyah (or, Studies in Christian-Muslim Relations, two volumes, Markaz al-Dirasat al-Masihiyyah al-Islamiyyah, 2000 and 2001) and Islam: Faith and History (Oneworld Publications, 2004).

To learn more about this program and other Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture events, visit holycross.edu/crec.

About The Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture:

Established in 2001 and housed in Smith Hall, the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture provides resources for faculty and course development, sponsors conferences and college-wide teaching events, hosts visiting fellows, and coordinates a number of campus lecture series. Rooted in the College's commitment to invite conversation about basic human questions, the Center welcomes persons of all faiths and seeks to foster dialogue that acknowledges and respects differences, providing a forum for intellectual exchange that is interreligious, interdisciplinary, intercultural, and international in scope.  The Center also brings members of the Holy Cross community into conversation with the Greater Worcester community, the academic community, and the wider world to examine the role of faith and inquiry in higher education and in the larger culture.