Reason & Regensburg: Pope Benedict and the Dialogue of Cultures
University of Chicago 5801 S Ellis Ave Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, ILTo bridge the cultural rift between Islam and the West, there is an urgent need to reestablish the mutually reinforcing dialogue between faith and reason in the West, and to support moderate Muslim scholars attempting to retrieve a non-voluntarist interpretation of Islam, often at risk to their own lives.