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In any case, Islam stands now, finally, acknowledged as a valid religion by Christians; in fact, Islam today challenges Christianity itself as a valid religion for the coming centuries. But it is of interest that the center of gravity of this hostile attitude towards Islam, by the West, did not spring from the historical political struggle, but from the religious one.
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 ...
May 15, 2017 · If the demographic trends continue Islam is expected to overtake Christianity before the end of the 21 st century. The state of the world today makes it easy to imagine two giant entities facing off against one another but that is simply not the case. There are many similarities between Islam and Christianity.
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 ...
- Christianity’s “Theological Enemy”?
- The Need For Christian-Muslim Exchange
- Comparative Political Theology
- Engaging Islamic Law
It is not surprising that the mere mention of sharī‘a should elicit controversy and not critical engagement, out-right rejection and not considered conversation. Christian concerns over sharī‘a have a long genealogy. For instance, John of Damascus ends his appraisal of Islam as the Ishmaelite heresy with a series of critical observations on Muslim ...
It is my contention, however, that it is time for Christian theologians to find a new approach for engaging with Islamic discussions on sharī’a and fiqh — an approach that engages in sympathetically critical ways with the debates Muslims themselves have had and are having on sharī‘a,sovereignty, justice, and the rule of God. Let me offer three reas...
The question remains how such a Christian project might be developed, given the complex factors that coalesce around Christian-Muslim debates on law. These include, but are not limited to: visions of salvation, divine revelation, political power, secularism and its limits, gender and sexuality, supersessionism, and more besides. I have recently arg...
With regard to sharī‘a, Christians (especially Christians in the West) should develop a more coherent approach to the moral vision of Islamic law — one that is based on a case-by-case discernment and not on either outright rejection or wholesale adoption. Simply put, Christians should refrain from critiquing sharī‘a tout court, and instead learn to...
Jan 11, 2016 · Christian ignorance of Islamic thought. While Arab Christian theology has a long - albeit, largely forgotten - history of such creative and constructive engagement with Islam, most academic ...
Nov 24, 2014 · Theology after Dialogue: Christian–Muslim Engagement Today and Tomorrow Footnote † This is an expanded English version of a presentation given to the Theologisches Forum Christentum–Islam, Stuttgart, March 2014 to be published as “Theologie nach dem Dialog: Zukunftsperspektiven christlich-muslimischer Beziehungen,” in Gharaibeh et al. (forthcoming).
