Carol Schersten LaHurd is Distinguished Affiliate Professor at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and educational outreach consultant for its Center of Christian-Muslim Engagement for Peace and Justice.
The Lord is Near to All Who Call on Him
February 2002 (Volume 2 Issue 2)
[1] My first encounter with Islam was much more sensory than theological. In Fall 1981 our family of four arrived in Damascus, Syria, to begin a year of teaching and research. Immediately we were immersed in the sights and sounds and smells of the Arab East, if not always of Islam itself. Outside the bedroom […]
The Church Engaging Our Multi-Religious World: Ever-Serving, Ever-Reforming, Ever-Reconciling
May/June 2018: Spotlighting Inter-religious Dialogue & Action (Volume 18 Issue 3)
Carol Schersten LaHurd, Sara Trumm
Upon the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation, many reflected that we had entered an ecumenical and inter-religious age of the Lutheran movement. Schersten LaHurd and Trumm impressively detail what that looks like on the ground, as well as at a national level. What does working for justice with and for our neighbors look like, and how does our theology feed this work?
Peace-Making as One Response to Terrorist Violence
October 2001 (Volume 1 Issue 2)
[1] The three Abrahamic religions all share hope for God’s peace on earth. For Jews, Muslims, and Middle Eastern Christians the word for peace is shared as well: the Hebrew shalom is, in Arabic, salaam. Arabic speakers often greet others with salaam aleik, “peace be with you,” followed by the typical reply, Allah i salmik, […]