Participants Preface: Two Decades of Mutual Theological Hospitality: Reflections on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Building Bridges Seminar, Lucinda Mosher Introduction Part One: Muslim Perspectives on Mercy and Grace 1. Concepts of Mercy and Grace in the Muslim Tradition: An Overview, Kenan Music 2. Mercy, Grace, and Guidance: The Meccan Suras, Maria Massi Dakake 3. The Meccan Suras on Mercy and Grace: Texts for Study 4. Mercy and Grace in the Medinan Qur'an: An Introduction, Mahan Mirza 5. The Medinan Suras on Mercy and Grace: Texts for Study 6. Mercy and Grace in the Islamic Theological Tradition: An Overview, Ramon Harvey 7. Mercy and Grace in the Prophetic Tradition: A Close Look at Selected Hadith, Muhammad Modassir Ali 8.

Selected Hadiths on Mercy and Grace: Texts for Study Part Two: Christian Perspectives on Mercy and Grace 9. Concepts of Mercy and Grace in the Catholic Tradition: An Overview, Julia Lamm 10. Mercy and Grace in the Old Testament: An Introduction, Jacob Onyumbe 11. The Old Testament on Mercy and Grace: Texts for Study 12. Implicit Mercy and Ubiquitous Grace: Examples in the New Testament Gospel and the Letter of James, Christopher M. Hays 13. The Gospels and James on Mercy and Grace: Texts for Study 14. Theology of Grace in Christian Tradition: Basic Affirmations and Debates, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen 15.

Paul on Mercy and Grace: Key Passages; Parallels with Teachings of Jesus, Susan Eastman 16. New Testament Writings on Mercy and Grace: Texts for Studying, Pauline Thought Part Three: Reflection 17. Mercy and Grace in Virginia: Conversations during the Twentieth Building Bridges Seminar, Lucinda Mosher 18. Cultivating Peaceful Proximity: A Scholar-Practitioner's Engagement with the Building Bridges Seminar Book Series, Charles Tieszen 19. A Solid Contribution: An Assessment of a Volume in the Building Bridges Seminar Book Series, Syed Atif Rizwan.