The past and the future in Christian-Muslim relations
Despite their claims to be religions of peace, Christianity and Islam each have a history of considerable violence, based on scriptural precedents that are taken as sanctions for hostilities. The teachings of the two faiths bear initial similarities in the perceptions of the world they offer, but be...
| Publié dans: | Islam and Christian-Muslim relations |
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| Type de support: | Numérique/imprimé Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Routledge
2007
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| Dans: |
Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Dialogue
B Islam B Fait d’assumer son passé B historical clarification / historical memory B Violence B peace idea / concept of peace B Christianity B Christianisme B Friedensvorstellung |
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Volltext (doi) |
| Résumé: | Despite their claims to be religions of peace, Christianity and Islam each have a history of considerable violence, based on scriptural precedents that are taken as sanctions for hostilities. The teachings of the two faiths bear initial similarities in the perceptions of the world they offer, but beyond this there are drastic differences. These basic teachings have fuelled the most negative attitudes between the faiths. In Christianity, these have usually focused on the Prophet, whom Christians have seen as a charlatan, and the Qur'an, which they have seen as a pastiche of the Bible. The attitude in Islam has been less intemperate, focused on demonstrating the lack of reason in Christian doctrines and the inconsistencies within them. Rather than seeking to discover what the others actually believe, Christians and Muslims have usually projected upon the other perceptions derived from their own teachings. The way forward lies in abandoning this, and in followers of the faiths learning about the other in a spirit of respectful, agnostic inquisitiveness, freed from preconceptions and open to the possibility that the other may be true. |
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| ISSN: | 0959-6410 |
| Contient: | In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09596410601071071 |