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The case of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Ahmed Sabry Abou-Zaid (EIU) and Tesa E. Leonce (Columbus State): Religious Pluralism, Yet a Homogenous Stance on Interest Rate: The Case of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Roberta Rosenthal Kwall (DePaul): The Myth of the Cultural Jew. Alice Robb on what happens when Hasidic Jews join the secular world. Don Waisanen and Linda Weiser Friedman (Baruch) and Hershey H. Friedman (Brooklyn): What’s So Funny About Arguing with God? A Case for Playful Argumentation from Jewish Literature. Benjamin Brown (HUJ): Jewish Political Theology: The Doctrine of Da'at Torah as a Case Study. Christian evangelicals push aliyah — and Jews are concerned. Matthew John Paul Tan (De Paul): Christian Prayer as Political Theory. Robert Osburn (Minnesota) and Ksenafo Akulli (Ohio State): Does Christianity Aggregate or Distribute Power? A Historical and Analytical Assessment of Christianity as a Power Distribution Mechanism. Shawn Lazar (VU): Can Christians Wield the Sword? Hamidreza Ayatollahy (ATU): The Modern Man's Need for Justice: Pioneer Role of Islam and Christianity in Establishment of Social Justice. M. A Muqtedar Khan (Delaware): What is Enlightenment? An Islamic Perspective. Jan-Peter Hartung (SOAS): What Makes a Muslim Intellectual? On Pros and Cons of a Category. From TLS, what makes Islam unique? A review essay by Jonathan Benthall. The introduction to Ancient Religions, Modern Politics: The Islamic Case in Comparative Perspective by Michael Cook. In Jewish and Islamic holidays, a reminder of commonalities. Paul Elie interviews Karen Armstrong, author of Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence. Berlin thinks it is making religious history as Muslims, Jews and Christians join hands to build the House of One, a synagogue, a church and a mosque under one roof.