Welcome to a new website dedicated to promoting and improving the study of Christian-Muslim relations! Here students will find resources for choosing a quality program of study, opportunities for hands-on experience, options for tailoring your studies, and possibilities for using your skills around the world. Educators will find suggestions for building a more effective program. Administrators of study programs, internships, and other opportunities will have the opportunity to describe and link their programs to this site. Considerations for other school personnel incorporating Muslim students in a Christian-Muslim study program will also be available.

This site was launched December 30, 2005, and is updated when new information is available.  Feedback and suggestions are welcome! Check back frequently for more to come.

A Brief Note on Methodology:

Most of the material for this site was developed in conjunction with my master's thesis, "Best Practices and Progressive Curriculum Design for Master's Level Programs in Christian-Muslim Relations" (March 2006).  If you would like a copy of the paper, please write to info@christian-muslim.net.

I have reviewed materials offered by six M.A. programs in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations:

· Georgetown University, Prince al-Alwaleed bin-Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (Washington, DC)

· Hartford Seminary, Duncan Black Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations (Hartford, CT)

· Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

· Luther Seminary (St. Paul, MN)

· University of Birmingham, Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations (Birmingham, UK)

· University of Exeter, Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies (Exeter, UK)

At this time, most of the literature available on pedagogy in this field are the primary sources: program catalogues, course descriptions and syllabi, admissions and recruiting materials, long-range plans, experiences of students and faculty, and email and phone correspondence. Not all programs could offer the same materials for the purposes of this study, but I have tried to note points of commonality among the programs, as well as draw out unique aspects of each program I found particularly useful towards building programs in the future. I have also consulted the ‘Degree Program Standards’ and ‘General Institutional Standards’ of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS), the primary accreditation agency for theological schools in the U.S.