Toward mutual respect.CHICAGO--The country's largest Catholic graduate school of theology has inaugurated a new Catholic-Muslim Studies Program to train future church leaders in mutual understanding and respect for people of Islamic Is·lam n. 1. A monotheistic religion characterized by the acceptance of the doctrine of submission to God and to Muhammad as the chief and last prophet of God. 2. a. faith. The program joins the respected Catholic-Jewish Studies Program at Catholic Theological Union's Bernardin Center. "Muslims and Catholics are the two largest and fastest-growing communities in the world, yet many Christians know little about Muslims, except to fear them," says CTU CTU Colorado Technical University CTU Czech Technical University in Prague CTU Counter Terrorist Unit CTU Clinical Trials Unit CTU Catholic Theological Union CTU Chicago Teachers Union CTU Computer Training Unit CTU Control Unit president Father Donald Senior, C.P. "We are taking a unique first step--educating a new generation of Catholic leaders to understand and respect their Muslim neighbors." Many CTU graduates serve in areas with large Muslim populations. The program is headed by Scott Alexander, an expert in Islamic religion and society. Its first event was a conference in January on the religious significance of Jerusalem The city of Jerusalem, located in modern-day Israel, is significant in a number of religious traditions, including the Abrahamic religions Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. for Jews Jews [from Judah], traditionally, descendants of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob, whose tribe, with that of his half brother Benjamin, made up the kingdom of Judah; historically, members of the worldwide community of adherents to Judaism. , Muslims, and Christians. |
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