Responses from Christian Leaders

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68. Response from Konrad Adenauer Siftung
    OCTOBER 1-4, 2009
67. Response from The Presbyterian Church in Canada
    August 21, 2009
66. Response from The Presbyterian Church in Canada
    August 21, 2009
65. A response on behalf of the Uniting Church in Australia
    July 20, 2009
64. United Methodist Council of Bishops’ Response to “A Common Word Between Us and You”
    January 05, 2009
63. Response from the Methodist Mission and Ecumenical, New Zealand
    November 13, 2008
62. Response from His Beatitude Chrisostomos, Archbishop of Cyprus
    November 10, 2008
61. Response from the OASIS group, Italy
    November 07, 2008
60. An Ecumenical Response to “A Common Word Between Us and You” by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
    October 08, 2008
59. Response to ‘A Common Word Between Us’ by the Episcopal Commission for Interfaith Dialogue, Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
    August 28, 2008
58. Letter sent to the Archbishop of Canterbury by the President and the General Secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches.
    August 11, 2008
57. Response by the Church in Wales
    July 18, 2008
56. Detailed Response from The Archbishop of Canterbury to A Common Word
    July 14, 2008
55. Response from The Maranatha Community
    April 30, 2008
54. Response from The Religious Society of Friends in Denmark
    April 25, 2008
53. Response from the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, His Holiness Patriarchy Alexy II
    April 14, 2008
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52. Response from Professor James S. Cutsinger, Professor of Theology and Religious Thought, Department of Religious Studies, University of South Carolina
    April 09, 2008
51. Response from The Danish National Council of Churches
    April 09, 2008
50. Response from Archbishop Yeznik Petrosyan, General Secretary For Inter Church Relations on behalf of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians. The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
    April 02, 2008
49. Response from the World Evangelical Alliance
    April 02, 2008
48. Response from The World Community for Christian Meditation
    March 11, 2008
47. Letter recieved by H.R.H Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad from the Annemarie Schimmel Forum
    March 03, 2008
46. Response from The Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
    February 13, 2008
45. A Christian Response from an Indian setting to the Letter of Muslim Leaders to the Pope and other Christian Leaders
    February 08, 2008
44. Response from Aram I Armenian Orthodox Catholicos
    February 06, 2008
43. GodVoter.org Responds To A Common Word From Muslims
    January 31, 2007
42. Response from Mor Eustathius Matta Roham, Archbishop of Jezira and the Euphrates, Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch
    January 31, 2008
41. Arab Orthodox Patriarchs endorse A Common Word in the Final Communique of the Third International Conference of "Coexistence and Peace Making"
    January 22-23rd, 2008
40. Response from Daniel Madigan SJ, the Vatican's Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims
    January 18, 2008
39. Joint Muslim-Evangelical Christian endorsement of A Common Word in Libya
    January 3-6th, 2008
38. Response to A Common Word from Building Bridges, Cambridge
    December 21, 2007
37. Response from Columbia Theological Seminary
    December 21, 2007
36. West Yorksire Church Leaders’ Statement of Support for Islamic Scholars’ Report
    December 10, 2007
35. Response from Metropolitan Mykhayil Javchak the Archbishop of New York
    December 9, 2007
34. Response from the leaders in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
    December 5, 2007
33. Comment by Karen P. Hughes
    December 4, 2007
32. Pope Benedict's Message to Prince Ghazi regarding A Common Word
    November 27, 2007
    • HRH Prince Ghazi Bin Muhammad's response to Cardinal Bertone
      December 12, 2007
31. Leith Anderson on why he signed Letter of the 300
    November 20, 2007
30. Response of over 300 leading Christian scholars to A Common Word as published in its entirety as a full-page advertisement in the New York Times
    November 18, 2007
29. Catholicism and Islam: Points of Convergence and Divergence, Encounter and Cooperation
    By H.E. Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Notre Dame University.
    Apostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations
    November 15, 2007
28. Response from The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)- Britain Yearly Meeting
    November 15, 2007
27. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Statement
    November 14, 2007
26. The Response of the Mennonite Church to A Common Word
    By James Schrag, Executive Director, Mennonite Church USA  
    November 5, 2007
25. Between us and them
    By the Christian Century editors
    November 3, 2007
24. Cardinal Pell: Prospects for peace and rumours of war: Religion and democracy in the years ahead
    Archbishop of Sydney
    October 30, 2007
23. Response from Prof. Karen Armstrong
    October 29, 2007
22. Appreciation of An Open Letter and Call from Muslim Religious Leaders A Common Word between Us and You
    By the staff members of the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) of Rome
    October 25, 2007
21. Response from H.E. Cardinal Angelo Scola
    Patriarch of Venice
    October 24, 2007
20. Statement by Hazel Blears
    UK Secretary of State for Communications
    October 23, 2007
19. Response from Dr Paul D. Murray
    Director of the Centre for Catholic Studies
    October 23, 2007
18. Response from Prof. Dr. Christian Troll, S.J.
    October 22, 2007
17. Response from Prof. John Esposito
    Professor of Religion and International Affairs, Professor of Islamic Studies and Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.
    October 22, 2007
16. Response from Prof. Kenneth Vaux
    Professor of Theological Ethics, Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary
    October 21, 2007
15. Response from Fr. Tom Michel
    United Catholic Asian News (UCAN)
    October 20, 2007
14. The Letter of 138 Muslim scholars to the Pope and Christian Leaders
    By Samir Khalil Samir, sj
    October 17, 2007
13. Responses from the Baptist World Alliance
    1. Response from Rev David Coffey
       President of the Baptist World Alliance
       October 16, 2007
    2. Extended response from the Baptist World Alliance
       December 26, 2008
       Signed by:
       
       • The Revd. David Coffey, President of the Baptist World Alliance
       • The Revd. Neville Callam, General Secretary of the Baptist World Alliance
       • The Revd. Prof. Paul S. Fiddes, Chair of the Commission on Doctrine and Inter-Church Cooperation of the Baptist World Alliance
       • The Revd. Regina Claas, Chair of the Commission on Freedom and Justice of the Baptist World Alliance
12. Response from Abbot Mark Serna, O.S.B.
    Monastic Interreligious Dialogue
    October 16, 2007
11. The National Council of Churches execs welcome Muslim leaders' letter
    October 15, 2007
10. Response from Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia
    World Council of Churches (WCC)
    October 15, 2007
    • Official response from Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia to A Common Word
      March 18, 2008
    • Response from H.R.H. Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal
      March 28, 2008
9. Response from World Alliance of Reformed Churches
   Signed by:
   • Rev. Dr Clifton Kirkpatrick, President
   • Rev. Dr Setri Nyomi, General Secretary
   October 15, 2007
8. Response from Clifton Kirkpatrick
   The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
   October 15, 2007
7. Response from Iain Torrance
   President of Princeton Theological Seminary and Professor of Patristics
   October 15, 2007
6. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) response to A Common Word
   October 13, 2007
5. Responses by Cardinal Tauran
   • Vatican cardinal discusses the risks and opportunities presented by interreligious dialogue at London theological college
     May 28, 2008
   • Muslims and The Vatican agree to a new World Muslim-Catholic Forum based on A Common Word
     Press release signed by Cardinal Tauran and Prof. Abdal Hakim Murad
     March 06, 2008
   • Vatican says Pope cannot sign collective response to Muslims
     October 23, 2007
   • Cardinal Praises Muslims for "Eloquent" Letter
     October 19, 2007
   • Cardinal Tauran : "La religion fait peur, car elle est pervertie par le terrorisme"
     October 18, 2007
   • Radio Vatican interview with Cardinal Tauran
     October 12, 2007
   • Muslim leaders write to Pope, Cardinal Tauran calls letter a "very encouraging sign"
     October 12, 2007
4. Tony Blair's Response to A Common Word
   October 12, 2007
3. Response from Yale Divinity School Scholars
   October 12, 2007
   • Loving God and Neighbor Together: A Christian Response to A Common Word between Us and You
2. Response from Richard Chartres
   The Bishop of London
   October 12, 2007
1. Response from Bishop Rev. Mark S. Hanson
   Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
   October 12, 2007
0. Responses from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams
   • Joint Communique of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Chief Rabbis of Israel
     October 31, 2007
   • Religion should not be used for hate, says Pope
     October 22, 2007
   • Press release from Lambeth Palace - Archbishop's response to A Common Word
     October 11, 2007
-1. Response from David Ford
    Cambridge University Regius Professor of Divinity
    October 10, 2007