Divinity and Humanity in Islam and Christianity: A Post-ACW Reading of the Qur’an
How do we read the Qur’an in a time of growing tensions between Christians and Muslims in many places in the world? After issuing the document of A Common Word between Us and You (acw) in 2007, Muslims should read the Qur’an in a different and fresh way. In this article I use a novel specially devel...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Exchange
Year: 2016, Volume: 45, Issue: 2, Pages: 141-153 |
| RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations BJ Islam CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations |
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Muslim-Christian relationships
System Approach
A Common Word (acw)
divinity-humanity
object and subject of religiosity
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| Summary: | How do we read the Qur’an in a time of growing tensions between Christians and Muslims in many places in the world? After issuing the document of A Common Word between Us and You (acw) in 2007, Muslims should read the Qur’an in a different and fresh way. In this article I use a novel specially developed System Approach in my reading of the Qur’an as a new type of reading, which refrains from the abrogation / nasikh mansukh type of reading. In this process I discern two groups within the Qur’anic verses that provide information about the relationship between Muslims and Christians. Each of them consists of cluster of various verses. The System Approach emphasizes the need of having an intensive, comprehensive and deep dialogue and interconnectedness between the verses of the Qur’an that are scattered over these two groups. Nowadays Muslims need ‘a shifting paradigm’ type of the way they read the Qur’an. Without this Muslims will suffer from a lack of unified information from the Qur’an which gives them a comprehensive and inclusive meaning. Both Muslims and Christians are required to read and to think in a fresh way so that they are able to establish good neighbourly relationships in all areas of the world. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-543X |
| Contains: | In: Exchange
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1572543X-12341398 |