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décembre 21, 2018

Do Muslims and Christians believe in the same God? Since September 11, 2001, interest in the religion of Islam has heightened. Much of the current questioning about this religion leads naturally to noting how Islam compares with and differs from other religions, particularly Christianity. This kind of investigation has the advantage of sensitizing the researcher to the different perspectives on...
The predicament of islamic monotheism. As noted in the previous article in this series,1 the term ―Allah was introduced into Islam from the Arabic-speaking Jews and Christians living in the Arab Peninsula as referring to the one and only true God. However, though both Islam and Christianity may believe in the same God as subject, yet they differ widely on...
Islam has reasons to rejects biblical christology. It views Muhammad as the last of all the prophets. He is perceived as having had a special relationship with God similar to that of the prophets of Israel.1 He is presented as strong-willed with the conviction of a strong calling, for he spoke to the heart of a religious and social crisis...
The previous article in this series analyzed one of the last surahs of the Qur‘an, Surah 5, in order to show that holding certain theological concepts informs the qur‘anic picture of Christ as taught by Muhammad. Surah 5 is divided into six major segments according to certain structural markers as well as subject matter, with an apparent argument for each...