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Tag: islam
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Recent posts elsewhere
Over on Patheos, I reviewed John Andrew Morrow’s “The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians of the World.” It’s an interesting book about the textual basis for a peaceful and inclusive form of Islam. My review generated a lengthy discussion in the comments section with someone who’s passionate in his anti-Islamic beliefs. This shouldn’t really come as a surprise, but I’m always dismayed by such stubborn and unrelenting vitriol toward any and all Muslims.
I also posted some thoughts encouraging us to Keep the X in Xmas in which I briefly delve into the manuscript tradition of abbreviating sacred names in the Bible. The Bible does it, so should we!
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Is Islam a religion of peace?
Let’s take a look at some Arabic texts and their English translations:
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Which God do you worship?
I recently had a discussion with a friend about whether Muslims worship the same God as Christians. At first glance, one might be tempted to answer “no”: different religions, therefore different Gods. Christians don’t believe in Allah, Muslims don’t believe in Jesus, end of story. But such a snap judgement fails to do justice to theistic belief in general and to the specific beliefs of the major monotheistic faiths.
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