Accad gives some sound advice to Evangelical Christians who are concerned to share their faith with Muslims:
Due to the complexity of Islam, he said, "What Christians ought to do is proactively to seek to enter into ongoing relationship with moderate Muslims. Only moderate Muslims can then enter into dialogue with their more radical coreligionists."
One way to create peace is for Christians to work for justice, he said. From an Arab Christian perspective that is expressed through education, community development and social work programs among "the most deprived."
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I met Accad back in April in Bham in conference sponsored by Samford and The Alabama Baptist. Impressive, virtuous young Scholar, full of promise.
I am hoping he can dialogue with Charles Kimball while he is in the states. Wish I'd had a copy of When Religion Becomes Evil when I met Accad; woulda given it to him.
Just heard a remarkable lecture this morning by Glasgow, Scotland proff David Jasper at the Furman Pastors School. Jasper and Furman's great Edgar McKnight go back several years.
Jasper is a fan of Cormac Mccarthy's work, particularly, Blood Meridian--he reminded me it is being filmed--and the Crossing, my favorite, the 2nd installment of the Texas Trilogy.
Me and Roger Williams maybe Accad on days now, and I imagine you Prescott have been at place of Billy Parham--I need to check the character--on page 331 of the Crossing: "For the enmity of the world was newly plain to him that day, and cold and inameliorate as it must be for all those who no longer have cause except themselves to stand against it."
Link up www.furman.edu ; the pastors school and get an audiotape of Jasper's lecture of the morning of August 1. Small crowd, but the vision of Marney and LD Johnson lives on.
I am a small player, but heard the word music on occasion and I am grateful
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