Includes bibliographical references

On "A common word between us and you" / Ghazi bin Muhammad -- A common word for a common future / Miroslav Volf -- A common word between us and you -- Loving God and neighbor together : a Christian response to "A common word between us and you" / with added commentary by Miroslav Volf, Joseph Cumming, and Melissa Yarrington -- Loving God and loving neighbor / Habib Ali al-Jifri -- God, "the loving" / Reza Shah-Kazemi -- The word of God : the bridge between Him, you, and us / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- The concept of loving neighbor in the Qur'an and hadith / Bola Bdul Jabbar Ajibola -- God is love : biblical and theological reflections on a foundational Christian claim / Miroslav Volf -- Understanding the meaning of love : eternal or temporal? Self-giving or gift-giving? / Joseph L. Cumming -- Transforming love / David Burrell -- Loving neighbor in word and deed : what Jesus meant / Martin Accad -- Love and speech : with remarks on seduction and sorcery / Harvey Cox -- Frequently asked questions that Muslims have been asked about "A common word" / Ghazi bin Muhammad and Aref Nayed -- Answers to frequently asked questions regarding the Yale response to "A common word between us and you" / Andrew Saperstein, Rick Love, and Joseph Cumming -- Common word, dialogue, and the future of the world / John F. Kerry -- Appendix 1. The addressees and signatories of "A common word between us and you" -- Appendix 2. The signatories of the Yale response, "Loving God and neighbor together"

A letter printed in the pages of The New York times in 2007 acknowledged differences between Christianity and Islam but contended that "righteousness and good works" should be the only areas in which the two compete. That letter and a collaborative Christian response appear in this volume, which includes subsequent dialogue between Muslim and Christian scholars