Conviction and Conflict

Monsignor Michael Nazir-Ali holds Pakistani as well as British citizenship and was the first non-white diocesan bishop in the Church of England. He has studied, researched and taught at a number of colleges and universities, including Karachi, Cambridge and Oxford. Before becoming Bishop of Rochester, he worked as a priest and as a bishop in Pakistan, and was General Secretary of the Church Mission Society. He is now the director of the Oxford Centre for Training, Research, Advocacy and Dialogue.

Anglican Bishop Nazir-Ali, born of Christian and Islamic parentage, speaks with integrity to the issue of social justice, politics, and the interplay of religious conviction born of a certain multiculturalism in the modern experience. This book is erudite and thoughtful, intellectually and politically/socially well-informed and assumes the same of its audience. Recommended for modern religion and international relations collections.

• Introduction"Before we begin à." Chapter One Rumours of Angels: The Personal and the Social Aspects of the Spiritual Chapter Two The Role of Religion in Conflict and Peace-making Chapter Three Encounters and Clashes: Muslims, Christians and Jews from the beginning Chapter Four Liberation, Nationalism and Islamism Chapter Five Some Issues in Dialogue Today I: Religion, Democracy and the State Chapter Six Some Issues in Dialogue Today II: The Relationship of Religion to Law, Sharica, Jihad, Just War and Fundamental Freedoms Chapter Seven Terrorism, Poverty and World Order Chapter Eight A Final Thought: The Birth-pangs of a New World Select Bibliography Index Biblical and Qur'anic References