The Religious Concordance: Nicholas of Cusa and Christian-Muslim Dialogue

The Religious Concordance: Nicholas of Cusa and Christian-Muslim Dialogue
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Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Religious Concordance
	De Pace fidei in Recent Scholarship
	The Word of Concordance
1 The Prayer for Peace
	The Illuminative Word
	The Dialectical Word
	The Hierarchical Word
	The Conversational Word
2 The Search for Peace
	Nicholas of Cusa’s Journeys
	The Search for Reform
	Ascending the Summit of Religious Peace
	Late Medieval Christian Approaches to Islam
3 The Mind’s Road to Peace
	Hierarchical Dialectics of Peace: Bonaventura’s Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
	Blinded by the Sun: Platonic Influences
	From Confusion to Concordance: Reversal of Babylon and the New Pentecost
4 Seeking the Peace of the City
	The New Alexander: Pius II and Mehmed II
	War and Peace: Pius II and Nicholas of Cusa
5 Visions of Peace
	Envisioning Peace: De docta ignorantia and De pace fidei
	Envisioning Dialogue: Nicholas of Cusa’s Letter to John of Segovia
	Envisioning Unity: From Council to Pope to Prophet of Religious Peace
6 The Word of Peace
	The Unfolding Word: De docta ignorantia and De pace fidei
	The Magnetic Word: De concordantia catholica and De pace fidei
	The Inherent Word: Cribratio Alkorani and De pace fidei
	The Enfolding Word: De visione Dei and De pace fidei
7 For the Peace of Jerusalem
Conclusion: Nicholas of Cusa’s Christocentric Approach to Islam
Bibliography
Index