|
|
Article: Listening to the Muslim mind: as a Christian married to a Muslim, Lorraine Khan finds inspiration in the books and life of Charis Waddy.(Book Mark)(Obituary)
- Article from:
- For A Change
- Article date:
- February 1, 2005
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2005 For a Change. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
The recent death of the writer and scholar, Charis Waddy, led me back to her books and their influence on my life and the life of my husband.
Born in Australia and brought up in Jerusalem, Charis Waddy was the first woman to graduate from Oxford in Oriental Languages. It was there at Oxford that she came across the other major influence in her life, the Oxford Group (now Initiatives of Change). These two strands came together in her 50s, when she returned to the Middle East. She noted that nobody had cared to ask about Islam from those who actually believed and practised it. This was the seed for The Muslim Mind (Longman, 1976).
My husband is a Muslim ...