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Date of source: Sunday, May 2, 2021
Since the Second World War churches have made tremendous efforts to strive towards more unity. At the same time, we see national and church politics often getting in the way. In this example about church division from Egypt, it is not about dogmatic differences but about the long-term effects of (...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Members of the Episcopal Church of Egypt were called to come to the All Saints Cathedral for an extra-ordinary church meeting that was carefully designed to result in a call for a letter to President Abdelfattah al-Sisi [ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī] to recognize the Anglican Diocese of Egypt as an...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 5, 2021
This text was presented to all members of the extraordinary church council meeting or synod on October 24, 2020. It was not a new text. The bishop earlier presented a similar text in 2019 to the parish council of St. John the Baptist Church when relations were discussed with the Maadi Community...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 5, 2021
This text was presented to all members of the extraordinary church council meeting or synod of the Anglican Diocese of Egypt on October 24, 2020. The bishop provides some historical background to the Protestant Churches in Egypt Council, explains the Anglican legal structure and argues why the...
Date of source: Sunday, January 1, 2006
Dr. ʿAlī al-Sammān was born in 1929. He is an Egyptian professor who has lived in France and received his Ph.D. Dr. al-Sammān has participated in a large number of seminars and dialogues, and his activities stem from his belief in the importance of dialogues and meetings dealing with Islam and the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 29, 2007
The following article highlights the life of the Reverend Professor John Macquarrie, who passed on May 28, 2007. He has been hailed as a master of Christian theology.
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
The author discusses the issue of the ordination of women in various Christian denominations and traditions.
Date of source: Sunday, July 9, 2006
This article discusses the current crisis in Western Anglicanism and notes that a focus on this ignores the fact that the majority of Christians live in the rest of the world. The author asserts that the future of Christianity lies in the churches of the global South, not the West.
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
Reflections on the life of Abouna Matta El Meskeen and his influence on ecumenical monastic traditions.
Date of source: Sunday, November 14, 2004
Christl Dabu visited Egypt in August 2004 for an investigative report about Muslim-Christian
relations in Egypt, resulting in this article and several travel and news articles. This article
was placed in AWR with permission of the author.
Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.