Barbara Hampton
I am a retired professor and writing center consultant from the College of Wooster in Ohis who teaches ESL, designs and teaches an ESL Bible study, and enjoys my refugee friends in Grand Rapids. I have written a Qur'an/Bible study guide called Reading Scripture Together.
Posted in: Bridges Between Christians and Muslims Begin with Friendship
I sure can, Michael. Scriptural Reasoning (I will find the link and send it) is a model of dialogue that involves a passage from the Qur'an, Hebrew Bible (if Jews are involved as well) and New Testament on an agreed upon topic that is supposed to allow for comments/insights from the participants that not only shed light on the passage but on the faith stance of the other participants (or yourself). It usually has a facilitator and a time limit. In my one experience with it (in Oman, at the RCA's Al Amana Centre), I found it to be very much like the beginnings of an inductive Bible study, with observations and questions but not necessarily anything in depth re meanings and application. I am still hoping to do this with a small group of Muslims from a nearby mosque and our church on the first chapter of the Qur'an and the Lord's Prayer as they are similar in length and are both the primary Scriptural prayer expressions of the two faiths. I'll post this and then find the link to the academic-based Scriptural Reasoning website.
http://www.scripturalreasoning.org
Posted in: Bridges Between Christians and Muslims Begin with Friendship
www.scripturalreasoning.org. If you wanted to talk with someone who has done this often, contact Doug Leonard of the RCA,who is part of the two-denomination group planning the pastoral trips to Oman,or else Justin Myers. They can tell you a lot more than I can.