October 8, 2009

A summary and wrap-up discussion, the moderators invite participants and audience members to reflect on the issues explored in the four previous panels and to offer their perspectives on the future of inter-faith dialogue between Muslims and Christians.  How are traditional theological foundations for love of neighbor interpreted and applied in response to neighbors in today’s global community? In what ways has this understanding informed Muslim-Christian relations in the work of major international NGOs?

Moderated by John Esposito, Ph.D., President, Georgetown University and Ibrahim Kalin, Ph.D.,  Chief Foreign Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister of Turkey and Assistant Professor, Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown.

The Common Word conference was sponsored by the Office of the President and the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, as well as the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought of Jordan. The panel was held in Gaston Hall.