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Feb 22, 2024 · The second salient difference is the action of God. In Islam, Allah sets forth a standard of behavior and expects Muslims to reach it. With Christianity, God does all the work. While both Christianity and Islam present God as creator, it is the one true God—the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—who redeemed the world of sin at His own expense in ...
Christian theologians are, therefore, in a position of need to dialogue. This is because at the heart of the matter is (Christian theology’s) survival. But the mistake of Christian theologians, in this writer’s opinion, is that we think that by advancing our (Christian) ideas, in the face of advancing Islam, we perpetuate Christianity. No!
May 15, 2017 · Both Islam and Christianity encourage their followers to dress and behave modestly, and both believe that being charitable and showing compassion are desirable qualities in a human being. They both place emphasis on prayer and communication with God, both call on people to be kind and generous, and both counsel treating others the way you would expect to be treated.
Aug 20, 2018 · The Beliefs of Islam. Christianity has its own set of essential beliefs. The Bible is the Word of God. Jesus Christ is 100 percent God and 100 percent man (the hypostatic union). He died a substitutionary death on the cross in our place to save us from our sins. He was bodily resurrected on Easter Sunday morning.
Feb 27, 2020 · The SEKAP Spectrum is also discussed in Accad’s latest book, Sacred Misinterpretation: Reaching across the Christian Muslim Divide. Accad, “Christian Attitudes Towards Islam and Muslims” Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics. Translated by W.D. Ross. Batoche Books, 1999. 32.
Jan 1, 2024 · Western Christian theology, following Augustine, Luther etc., has struck a major chord on the theme of salvation, atonement, vicarious substitution and so on, whereas it is worth noting that Eastern Christianity, which has a much longer history of living alongside Muslims and Islam, has much less place for Original Sin within its system, which strikes a chord much more weighted towards the ...
Understood this way, Christian-Muslim dialogue is an encounter at three levels, like Jesus’s encounter with the Samaritan woman (John 4:1-26). First, Christians and Muslims meet each other as human beings, with common needs and aspirations, joys and sorrows, hopes and struggles. Second, they meet as monotheistic believers, sharing many ...
