Beaulieu, P: Beyond Secularism and Jihad?

Peter D. Beaulieu holds a bachelor of architecture degree and an interdisciplinary doctorate in urban and regional planning in multicultural settings, both from the University of Washington. He served as an officer in the United States Navy and took part in the Apollo XI lunar spacecraft recovery mission. Beaulieu has had a full career in collaborative public policy activities, including Asia-Pacific trade and logistics. He is a founding board member of the G. K. Chesterton Society of Seattle, a member of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists, and a past member of the Pastoral Council of the Archdiocese of Seattle. His book, Kristi: So Thin is the Veil (2006), honors his late wife and her inspirational battle with terminal cancer.

Peter D. Beaulieu examines the challenges to secular modernity and Islam as they encounter one another. By restoring a place at the table for Trinitarian Christianity alongside the monotheism of Islam and the skeptical indifference of Western rationalism, Beaulieu broadens the pallet of inter-religious and intercultural contact points.

PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1 New York to Rome and IstanbulChapter 2 Islam and the MapLife of MohammedThe Passion of Islam: Some ViewsThe Crooked Lines of HistoryReligion in History/Eternity in TimeIslam: A Christian ¿heresy¿?Chapter 3 The Mosque: Shari¿a and the WorldThe Qur¿an and the New TestamentSubmission and Freedom in the WorldNatural Law and Shari¿aThe Islamic StateChapter 4 The Manger: The Human Person in the World¿Separation¿ of Church and StateInward and Outward Engagement: the Two Vatican CouncilsHuman Dignity and the Common GoodThe Just War: Ideology or Discernment?Chapter 5 Modernity: Monologues and ConversationsThe Third EncounterMirror Twins: The Crises of Islam and ModernityFaith, Reason and ScienceParadise Lies at the Feet of MothersThe Commandment of Love: A Muslim RequestChapter 6 Present to the PresenceMore than Faith and ReasonIntellect and FaithWill and PoliticsMemory and ImagesAn Uncommon WordBibliographyIndex