Peter Riddell

Csiof Bulletin 2010 Peter Riddell

Publisher Marketing: This Bulletin issue predominantly considers the study of Islam and Christian-Muslim relations. The first two articles provide different angles on the question of unity and diversity within the world of Islam, considering the elements of "glue" that bind the rich variety across the Islamic world. The remaining articles present papers delivered at two very different conferences. The articles on the Hadith and the Da'iyya were presented as papers by CSIOF researchers at an inter-institutional Day Conference held at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne on 4 August 2010. One year earlier, on 2-3 October 2009, a conference was held in Melbourne to mark the centenary of the great 1910 Edinburgh missions conference. The Melbourne gathering is described in the editor's brief contribution, followed by the two plenary addresses. Two communiques follow, providing windows into Christian- Muslim issues in Germany and Britain. Then comes a series of reviews of books and films, covering wide-ranging topics and locations of relevance to the study of Islam. This issue of the Bulletin concludes with a summary of news and activities from the CSIOF over the last twelve months. TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES Islam: Unity in Diversity 1 Islam: Unity in Diversity 2 Muslim Scholars Address the Hadith Making of a Missionary: the Da!iyya Australia Looks Towards Edinburgh Christian Mission Among Other Faiths Contextual Mission: An Australian Perspective COMMUNIQUES Graduate Seminar in Theology in Stuttgart The Islamic Republic of Britain? A Personal Odyssey REVIEWS The Story of the Qur'an The Banquet: A Reading of the Fifth Sura of the Qur'an Approaches to the Qur'an in Contemporary Indonesia Islamic Legal Thought in Modern Indonesia God's Battalions World of the Spirits The Wedding Song The Third Choice A God who Hates The World Turned Upside Down Another Attack on the Reliability of the Bible CSIOF NEWS AND ACTIVITIES Postgraduate Research Seminars on Islam 2010

Contributor Bio:  Riddell, Peter Peter Riddell is assistant editor of the Times newspaper; a columnist and political commentator.