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"This book advances an Abrahamic ""asymmetric-mutual-substitutive"" model of hospitality as a practical approach to establish peaceful coexistence between Muslims and Christians. The merits include its helpful survey of the four models of interfaith dialogue and its clear exposition of the dialogue of life; its constructive use of the philosophy of Levinas, particularly in supporting its vision of asymmetrical moral responsibility among Muslim and Christians; and its familiarity with an extensive philosophical literature on alterity, gift-exchange, and responsibility. The research also demonstrates strong command of the relevant Christian and Muslim scriptures and Catholic teaching on interfaith relations, in addition to a wide range of background material on African Ubuntu spirit, visible in Nigerian sociocultural and religious interdependent relations. Through a consistent engagement of these philosophical, ethical, and cultural dimensions, the Abrahamic theology of hospitality is ingeniously crafted to fill the age-old gap--mutual inability to deal with religious otherness. At once, the book provokes further scholarship inquiries on and around the identified concerns. Its commonness and concreteness, with the proposed respect for each other's faith commitment, further underscores its quality."

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"""At the Feet of Abraham offers a clear guide for doing transformative interfaith dialogue that is grounded in an embrace of radical hospitality and vulnerability amongst persons of faith in our world. Levi Nkwocha stands firmly in the midst of relevant voices shaping the contours of contemporary interfaith theologies needed to reshape how religious persons encounter each other to allow for peaceful co-existence."" --SimonMary A. Aihiokhai, author of Fostering Interreligious Encounters in Pluralist Societies: Hospitality and Friendship ""Theoretically informed and clearly argued, this is a timely and insightful book that anyone who thinks seriously about interreligious dialogue and pluralist coexistence will benefit from reading. At the Feet of Abraham tackles a crucial question of how to flourish with religious diversity. The impact of this fascinating book goes far beyond its focus on Christian-Muslim relations in Nigeria."" --Mun'im Sirry, University of Notre Dame ""The current ruptures in human relations and global connections are rooted largely in the problem of religious othering perpetrated especially between the three Abrahamic faiths. The question is, can the Abrahamic model of hospitality comprise a basis for peaceful co-habitation? Nkwocha answers this question, weaving it with an African indigenous culture of hospitality, thus offering a compelling local, yet globally relevant logic of interreligious dialogue."" --Austin C. Okigbo, University of Colorado at Boulder ""This is an important book that will, I hope, contribute much toward overcoming mutual longstanding Muslim and Christian wariness and hostility. Dr. Nkwocha brings an unusually multifaceted array of philosophical, theological, ethical, and cultural resources to bear on the topic of what he calls a new model of Abrahamic hospitality."" --Bradley Malkovsky, University of Notre Dame"

At the Feet of Abraham offers a clear guide for doing transformative interfaith dialogue that is grounded in an embrace of radical hospitality and vulnerability amongst persons of faith in our world. Levi Nkwocha stands firmly in the midst of relevant voices shaping the contours of contemporary interfaith theologies needed to reshape how religious persons encounter each other to allow for peaceful co-existence. --SimonMary A. Aihiokhai, author of Fostering Interreligious Encounters in Pluralist Societies: Hospitality and Friendship Theoretically informed and clearly argued, this is a timely and insightful book that anyone who thinks seriously about interreligious dialogue and pluralist coexistence will benefit from reading. At the Feet of Abraham tackles a crucial question of how to flourish with religious diversity. The impact of this fascinating book goes far beyond its focus on Christian-Muslim relations in Nigeria. --Mun'im Sirry, University of Notre Dame The current ruptures in human relations and global connections are rooted largely in the problem of religious othering perpetrated especially between the three Abrahamic faiths. The question is, can the Abrahamic model of hospitality comprise a basis for peaceful co-habitation? Nkwocha answers this question, weaving it with an African indigenous culture of hospitality, thus offering a compelling local, yet globally relevant logic of interreligious dialogue. --Austin C. Okigbo, University of Colorado at Boulder This is an important book that will, I hope, contribute much toward overcoming mutual longstanding Muslim and Christian wariness and hostility. Dr. Nkwocha brings an unusually multifaceted array of philosophical, theological, ethical, and cultural resources to bear on the topic of what he calls a new model of Abrahamic hospitality. --Bradley Malkovsky, University of Notre Dame

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Levi UC Nkwocha is a trained priest-theologian and a pan-Africanist, originally from Nigeria. He earned a master's degree in Systematic Theology, and a PhD in World Religions, World Church, at the prestigious University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. Currently, he teaches at the University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana. His scholarship research includes topical issues in Interfaith Dialogue, African/Black Theology, Catholicism, and Global Christianity. He has published many referred articles and book chapters. At the Feet of Abraham: A Day-to-Day Dialogic praxis for Muslims and Christians is his novel work.

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