A Common Word Between Us and You - Publications

Publications

A number of academic books and journals have emerged in the past 12 months dedicated to "A Common Word:"

• Prince Ghazi, Professor Miroslav Volf and Merissa Yarrington edited a book about the initiative for the publisher Eerdmans
• A book was prepared by Georgetown Professor Ibrahim Kalin for the academic publisher Palgrave – Macmillan (which is due to be released in 2010)
• Georgetown University's Centre for Muslim – Christian Understanding published an Occasional Paper on the initiative entitled "A Common word and the Future of Muslim Christian Relations"
• The Washington DC based academic journal Sophia, and the Beirut Theological Seminary dedicated issues to "A Common Word."
• The Royal Aal Al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought issued a booklet summarising issues related to "A Common Word."
• Islamica Magazine dedicated a dossier to the document, Issue 21 released February 2009.

References to A Common Word in speeches

Reference to A Common Word has been made in a number of speeches, including the main sermon by Sharon E Watkins at the traditional presidential post-inauguration service at the National Cathedral, Washington DC for President Barack Obama on 21 January 2009. Former US Secretary of State Madeline Albright referred to A Common Word during her testimony before the US Senate in February 2009, and Pope Benedict XVI referred to A Common Word on several occasions on 8 and 9 May 2009, during the course of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

Practical projects inspired by A Common Word

In the course of 2008 "A Common Word" inspired a number of initiatives between Muslims and Christians, including:

• A project sponsored by the NGO "Habitat for Humanity."
• The establishment of C1, a high level, international forum for the improvement of Muslim-Christian relations, co-chaired by Richard Chartres, Lord Bishop of London, and Ali Gomaa, Grand Mufti of Egypt
• The establishment of an office in Sohan, Islamabad dedicated to the improvement of Muslim Christian relations in Pakistan