Kenneth Cragg

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(Albert) Kenneth Cragg (March 8, 1913 - November 13, 2012 ) was an Anglican cleric , bishop and researcher . For more than fifty years he has written numerous commentaries on religious topics, especially on Muslim-Christian relations.

Career

After graduating from Blackpool Grammar School and studying at Jesus College (Oxford) , Cragg received the Grafton Scholarship in 1934. He was ordained in 1937 .

He served first at the Higher Tranmere Parish Church, Birkenhead and then in the parish of All Saints in Beirut , then he was rector in Longworth . He was later professor of Arabic and Islam at Hartford Seminary in Connecticut . In 1970 he became Assistant Bishop of Jerusalem to the Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East . From 1970 to 1974 he was Bishop of Egypt.

In 1940 he married Melita Arnold. She died in 1989.

Works (selection)

  • The Call of the Minaret. (1956) Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 56-8005 (1964 edition, Galaxy Books).
  • Sandals at the Mosque - Christian Presence Amid ISLAM. (1959) SCM Press.
  • Alive to God - Muslim and Christian Prayer compiled with an Introductory Essay by Kenneth Cragg. (1970) Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-213220-2 .
  • The Event of the Qur'an - Islam in its Scripture. (1971) George Allen & Unwin, ISBN 0-04-297024-5 .
  • The Mind of the Qur'an - Chapters in Reflection. (1973) George Allen & Unwin, ISBN 0-04-297030-X .
  • This Year in Jerusalem - Israel in Experience. (1982) Darton, Longman & Todd, ISBN 0-232-51534-4 .
  • Muhammad and the Christian. (1984) Darton, Longman & Todd.
  • The Pen and The Faith - Eight modern Muslim writers and the Qur'an. (1985) George Allen & Unwin, ISBN 0-04-297044-X .
  • The Christ and the Faiths. (1986) SPCK.
  • Readings in the Qur'an - Selected and Translated by Kenneth Cragg. (1988) Collins Liturgical Publications, ISBN 0-00-599087-4 (pbk.).
  • Troubled by Truth - Life Studies in Inter-Faith Concern. (1992) Pentland Press, ISBN 1-872795-71-4 .
  • Returning to Mount Hira. (1992) Bellew.
  • The Arab Christian - A History in the Middle East. (1992) Mowbray, ISBN 0-264-67257-7 .
  • The Lively Credentials of God. (1995) Darton, Longman & Todd.
  • Palestine - The Prize and Price of Zion. (1997) Cassel, ISBN 0-304-70075-4 .
  • Muhammad in the Qur'an - The Task and the Tex. (2001) Melisende, ISBN 1-901764-13-3 .
  • Am I not Your Lord - Human Meaning in Divine Question. (2002) Melisende, ISBN 1-901764-21-4 .
  • The Iron in the Soul - Joseph and the Undoing of Violence. (2009) Melisende, ISBN 978-1-901764-55-0 .

Translations from Arabic

  • Muhammad Kamel Hussein: City of Wrong - A Friday in Jerusalem. (1954) Cairo. (Translation from Arabic into English, Djambatan, Amsterdam 1959).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Times , August 12, 1963; P. 7; No. 55777; col B Anglican Mission To The World (Toronto Congress) "The political frontier" -The Rt Dr Kenneth Craggs.
  2. ↑ quote . In: The Times . No. 61142 , January 27, 1982, p. 10, col. E (It would be odd to imagine that Palestinians would forget in three decades what Jews remembered for 18 centuries).
  3. ↑ Interview with Bishop Cragg ( Memento of the original from July 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.religion-online.org
  4. ^ The Times. October 1, 1934, p. 7. No. 46873; col C. Ecclesiastical News Grafton Scholarship.
  5. ↑ Wound up 1996/7 ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.churchsociety.org
  6. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory. Church House Publishing, Lambeth 2008/2009, ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0 .
  7. ↑ The Times, December 18, 1969, p. 10; No. 57746; col E. Church News Canon Appointed Bishop.
  8. ^ The Rt Rev Kenneth Cragg . The Telegraph . Retrieved November 27, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Cragg, Kenneth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cragg, Albert Kenneth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Anglican cleric, bishop, and researcher
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1913
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 2012