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Mar 8, 2011 · Abstract. In light of the widespread public perception of incompatibility between Islam and Christianity, this book provides a much-needed straightforward comparison of these two great faith ...
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The Church as God’s possession Edmund Clowney in his work The Church, states that the church is the community of Christ’s kingdom.39 Every commentator and every passage of scripture in the Bible which deals with the Kingdom of God, assembly of God’s people, or the church speaks to a group of special and elect people that belong to God.
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The history of the Christian Church in the Middle East 11 2 The Islamic impact 17 Muh.ammad’s contacts with Christians 17 The Qur’aˉn’s view of Christians 21 Precedents for Muslim treatment of Christians 26 3 The fi rst age of Christian–Muslim interaction (–c. 830/215) 30 Christian responses to the coming of Islam 30
differences between Islam and Christianity. After all, if no differences existed, there would be no need for two religions. Jacob Neusner, one of Judaism’s greatest scholars, has said of Jesus: “Judaism does not reflect on the meaning of Jesus, who enjoys no standing whatsoever in the theology of Judaism or its law.” 13
- Introduction: Unmasking a Complex Trajectory
- A Tradition of Calumny and Contestation
- A Dialogical Approach Unfolds
- Conclusion: A New Demand of the Minaret
This chapter examines some significant Christian scholarship and theological reflections on Islam. This is a massive body of literature; thus, this chapter will focus on selective Christian perspectives on Islam. Christian responses to Islam evoke multiple paradigms and perspectives that transcend either simple or monolithic categoriza-tion. These ...
Contemporary images of Islam have been shaped by a long tradition of anti-Islam rhetoric, polemics, and dispute. According to Edward Said, “the caricatures of Islam and Muslims have emerged out of a history of political turmoil and religious conflict. In some cases, these negative images have been engendered by colonial conquest and aggrandizement....
The twentieth century witnessed a new development in Christian-Muslim relations that emphasized more openness and tolerance in the way the adherents of these two faiths deal with one another. In Christian circles, there was a renewed effort to understand the effects of globalization and transnationalism on the inevitable religious diversity that en...
Our new global climate calls for a new sense of interreligious sen-sitivity and tolerance. Christians are commanded by the gospels to embrace a prophetic vision that calls for love, compassion, and under-standing toward people of other religious traditions. In terms of Islam, the church was compelled to jettison its previous notions of Islam as a f...
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between Islam and the Christian gospel become most pronounced. For Islam traditionally has denied the doctrine of the incarnation and the holy Trinity. ˜is is not a minor disagreement, as the biblical teaching on the deity of Jesus Christ is central to the message of the gospel. It is true that Jesus is given a prominent place in the Qur’an.
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Nov 10, 2021 · Polyphonic understanding means locating a text (such as Surah 3:64, in this case) on several levels, since relationships between people always “take place” on several levels at the same time.20 If Christians cannot accept the text of Surah 3:64 in the horizon of its Qur’anic reference texts as a basis on the doctrinal level, they may well accept it on the level of its ethical ...
