Commonalities in the BIBLE and the KORAN from Ecotheology Perspectives
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Author(s)Nariman Gasimoglu
ISBN / ASINB00C4ZBHVA
ISBN-13978B00C4ZBHV0
Sales Rank2,235,589
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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The author of the book is Dr. Nariman Gasimoglu, a Muslim Scholar from Azerbaijan, now a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, USA.
He has demonstrated a strong dedication to both practical and scholarly activities and specifically to interfaith dialogue in the 20 years since his translation of the Koranic meanings in Azeri came to light in the early 1990s in Azerbaijan.
After earning a Ph.D. in the Modern Political History of the Middle East from the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Oriental Sciences in 1986, Dr. Gasimoglu quickly established himself as a preeminent analyst on Islamic thought and practice in the post-Soviet states, publishing widely on topics ranging from comparative theology to Palestinian political history in books, academic journals, and magazines. In addition, he has played a leading role in defending democracy, women’s rights, environmental stewardship and pluralism in Azerbaijan today. One of his colleagues lauds him as “one of the best, if not the best, Koranic scholar in the former Soviet Union†and “one of the very few barriers preventing the spread of fundamentalism in southern Russia and in Central Asia.â€
His interfaith skills have received international recognition as he is a frequent speaker at international events related to interreligious dialogue and religious freedoms. He is one of the rare Muslim scholars honored to address with tolerance messages to both Muslims and other religious communities in their own temples.
Dr. Gasimoglu has taught Koranic studies at several Azerbaijani institutions of higher education. His international academic experience includes a Fulbright research fellowship at California State University, Northridge, and a visiting professorship at Georgetown University’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, as well as participation in academic conferences in Europe, Central Asia, and North and South America.
This book is the first academic attempt to bring monotheistic religions into a common realm theologically based on ecological concerns. It touches upon theological roots of environmental ethics advocated by eco-theologies in monotheistic religions. Following his attempts to draw attention to a series of revelations in both the Bible and the Koran, shedding light on various natural processes as part of the divine governing in nature, the author attempts to explore the similar divine messages in different sacramental texts regarding the subject. The research has had much favorable reaction, even beyond academic circles. The Rt Rev James Jones, the Bishop of Liverpool, called the work outstanding. Referring to Dr. Nariman Gasimoglu in his recent BBC Radio 4 “Thought for the Dayâ€, the Bishop stated if Christian and Islamic cultures could retrace their steps back to their own sacred texts they’d find a common theme to transcend their differences, which is that the God of the Bible and of the Koran holds us all responsible for our leasehold tenancy of the earth.
He has demonstrated a strong dedication to both practical and scholarly activities and specifically to interfaith dialogue in the 20 years since his translation of the Koranic meanings in Azeri came to light in the early 1990s in Azerbaijan.
After earning a Ph.D. in the Modern Political History of the Middle East from the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Oriental Sciences in 1986, Dr. Gasimoglu quickly established himself as a preeminent analyst on Islamic thought and practice in the post-Soviet states, publishing widely on topics ranging from comparative theology to Palestinian political history in books, academic journals, and magazines. In addition, he has played a leading role in defending democracy, women’s rights, environmental stewardship and pluralism in Azerbaijan today. One of his colleagues lauds him as “one of the best, if not the best, Koranic scholar in the former Soviet Union†and “one of the very few barriers preventing the spread of fundamentalism in southern Russia and in Central Asia.â€
His interfaith skills have received international recognition as he is a frequent speaker at international events related to interreligious dialogue and religious freedoms. He is one of the rare Muslim scholars honored to address with tolerance messages to both Muslims and other religious communities in their own temples.
Dr. Gasimoglu has taught Koranic studies at several Azerbaijani institutions of higher education. His international academic experience includes a Fulbright research fellowship at California State University, Northridge, and a visiting professorship at Georgetown University’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, as well as participation in academic conferences in Europe, Central Asia, and North and South America.
This book is the first academic attempt to bring monotheistic religions into a common realm theologically based on ecological concerns. It touches upon theological roots of environmental ethics advocated by eco-theologies in monotheistic religions. Following his attempts to draw attention to a series of revelations in both the Bible and the Koran, shedding light on various natural processes as part of the divine governing in nature, the author attempts to explore the similar divine messages in different sacramental texts regarding the subject. The research has had much favorable reaction, even beyond academic circles. The Rt Rev James Jones, the Bishop of Liverpool, called the work outstanding. Referring to Dr. Nariman Gasimoglu in his recent BBC Radio 4 “Thought for the Dayâ€, the Bishop stated if Christian and Islamic cultures could retrace their steps back to their own sacred texts they’d find a common theme to transcend their differences, which is that the God of the Bible and of the Koran holds us all responsible for our leasehold tenancy of the earth.
