Muslims Ask, Christians Answer

by Troll, Christian W.; Marshall, David

• ISBN13: 9781565484306
• ISBN10: 1565484304
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-10
• Publisher: New City Pr

Summary

This volume addresses 12 important questions that Muslims ask of Christians and explains their wider background in Muslim religious thought. From the perspective of Christian faith and theology and from that of dialogue with Muslims, the Christian positions are clarified, and sensitive, honest proposals are made for responding to the questions. Both Christians and Muslims have found Trolls work a precious help for orientation and a solid basis for interreligious encounter and dialogue.

Author Biography

Christian Troll is Honorary Professor for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at the Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule St. Georgen in Frankfurt; Germany. He was a Professor at the Vidyajyoti Institute of Religious Studies in Delhi, a Senior lecturer at the Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations in Birmingham, a Professor of Islamic Institutions at the Pontifical Oriental Institute, and a regular Guest Professor at Ankara University. He has published many books on Islamic thought and the intersection of Islam and Christianity in the world.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Editorial Note	p. xi
Scripture and the Word of God
Muslim Questions	p. 1
Muslim Perspectives	p. 1
General	p. 1
Detailed	p. 2
Christian Perspectives	p. 4
Christian Answers	p. 6
The Divinity of Jesus and the Incarnation
Muslim Questions	p. 9
Muslim Perspectives	p. 9
General	p. 9
Detailed	p. 10
Christian Perspectives	p. 14
From the earthly ministry of Jesus to the Easter faith	p. 14
The development of the Church's doctrine of the person of Jesus	p. 16
Christian Answers	p. 17
-Cross, Sin, Redemption
Muslim Questions	p. 19
Muslim Perspectives	p. 20
General	p. 20
Detailed	p. 21
Humanity and Sin	p. 21
The Cross	p. 22
The Forgiveness of Sins	p. 23
Christian Perspectives	p. 24
'Original Sin'	p. 24
Cross and Redemption	p. 25
The cross as the consequence of Jesus' life	p. 25
The redemptive significance of the death of Jesus in the light of the Resurrection	p. 27
Early Christian reflection on the life and death of Jesus	p. 28
Theologies of redemption	p. 29
Christian Answers	p. 30
Muhammad and the Christian Faith
Muslim Questions	p. 33
Muslim Perspectives	p. 33
General	p. 33
Detailed	p. 34
Christian Perspectives	p. 37
Christian Answers	p. 39
Excursus	p. 41
God, the Three In One
Muslim Questions	p. 45
Muslim Perspectives	p. 45
General	p. 45
Detailed	p. 46
Christian Perspectives	p. 47
Who is God?	p. 47
Father-Son	p. 48
Through the Word in the Spirit	p. 48
Father-Son-Spirit	p. 49
Communion in Love	p. 50
Trinity	p. 50
The origin of the doctrine of the Trinity	p. 51
Christian Answers	p. 53
The Church
Muslim Questions	p. 55
Muslim Perspectives	p. 55
General	p. 55
Detailed	p. 56
Christian Perspectives	p. 58
Catholic/Protestant	p. 58
Distinctive Protestant Beliefs	p. 59
Distinctive Catholic Beliefs	p. 59
The Churches and the Unity of the Church	p. 61
Christian Answers	p. 62
-The Holy Eucharist
Muslim Questions	p. 65
Muslim Perspectives	p. 65
General	p. 65
Detailed	p. 66
Christian Perspectives	p. 68
Christian Answers	p. 69
Prayer
Muslim Questions	p. 73
Muslim Perspectives-	p. 74
General	p. 74
Detailed	p. 75
The 'canonical' ritual prayer (salât)	p. 75
Other prayers	p. 78
Prayer and action	p. 79
Christian Perspectives	p. 80
Jesus prayed and taught us to pray	p. 80
Liturgical prayer	p. 81
Private prayer	p. 82
To whom is prayer addressed?	p. 83
The meaning of prayer	p. 83
The many forms of Christian prayer	p. 84
Christian Answers	p. 84
Religion and the World
Muslim Questions	p. 89
Muslim Perspectives	p. 89
General	p. 89
Detailed	p. 90
Christian Perspectives	p. 93
Christian Anthropology	p. 93
Religion and State - Faith and Politics	p. 94
Life in this World and in the Hereafter	p. 96
Christian Answers	p. 97
Body and Soul	p. 97
Religion and State	p. 97
This World and the Hereafter	p. 98
-Celibacy as a Religious Vocation
Muslim Questions	p. 99
Muslim Perspectives	p. 99
General	p. 99
Detailed	p. 100
Christian Perspectives	p. 102
Catholic Perspective	p. 102
Protestant Perspective	p. 103
(Catholic) Christian Answers	p. 103
Religious Pluralism and Freedom of Religion
Muslim Questions	p. 105
Muslim Perspectives	p. 106
General	p. 106
Detailed	p. 106
Christian Perspectives	p. 109
Christian Answers	p. 114
Religious Pluralism	p. 114
The Plurality of 'Universal' Religions	p. 114
Religions and Responsibility for War	p. 115
Religious Freedom	p. 116
-The Heart of Christianity
Muslim Questions	p. 117
Muslim Perspectives	p. 117
General	p. 117
Detailed	p. 119
Christian Perspectives	p. 122
Christianity as the Way of Love	p. 122
Excursus: Islam and the Love of God	p. 128
Christianity as the Way to Human Fulfilment	p. 129
Excursus: Muslim Humanism	p. 131
Notes	p. 133
For Further Reading	p. 143
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