RELIGION, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, AND SCRIPTURAL REASONING

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at Seton Hall University

Resources from the Event

• The pre-reading: David Ford, “An Interfaith Wisdom: Scriptural Reasoning between Jews, Christians and Muslims,” Modern Theology 22.3 (July 2006): 345-366.

• The text cluster: Leviticus 15:19-31; Luke 8:43-48; Qur’an 19:16-34

• Matthew’s Lecture Manuscript

• Matthew’s Lecture Slides

Recommended Resources on SR

The Big Texts

• Peter Ochs. Religion without Violence: The Practice and Philosophy of Scriptural Reasoning. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2019.

• The Promise of Scriptural Reasoning, edited by David F. Ford and C.C. Pecknold. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006.

• ScripturalReasoning.org is the most comprehensive web resource available. There you’ll find other introductions to the practice, and lots of other resources (like pre-made text clusters).

Digging a Little Deeper

• Mike Higton and Rachel Muers. The Text in Play: Experiments in Reading Scripture. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2012.

• Interreligious Reading after Vatican II: Scriptural Reasoning, Comparative Theology and Receptive Ecumenism, edited by David F. Ford and Frances Clemson. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

• Jacob Goodson. The Philosopher’s Playground: Understanding Scriptural Reasoning through Modern Philosophy. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2021.

• The Journal of Scriptural Reasoning is a double-blind, peer-reviewed periodical based at Hamline University in St. Paul, MN.