A Common Humanity but a Different Word

Josh Moody  |  Features  |  Letter from America
Date posted:  1 May 2008
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After various senior Moslem and Christian clerics co-signed a document called ‘A Common Word’ in the New York Times, John Piper appeared on YouTube distancing himself from the document. More recently still, Yale University is calling a conference to further develop the ‘common word’ agenda. You can find details about that at http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/24022

Here are some excerpts from a document some of our Yale students looked at recently as a response to these new ‘common word’ initiatives:

‘We should affirm in the strongest possible terms that the ideal of peaceful co-operation between Muslims and Christians is a good one.

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