Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations
Paul Elhallal
The Regensburg Address and the Possibility of Dialogue
After having read Nostra Aetate, which had such a conciliar tone in talking about other faiths, particularly the monotheistic ones, it was a bit of a suprise to examine the implications of the Regensburg address on interreligious dialogue. Benedict XVI presented Islam as a faith with a severely deficient understanding of God that did not…
Conversions
I must admit that, after having read Kose’s piece, I was rather frustrated by the fact that Gaudeul’s piece did not entail an analysis of the same nature. In retrospect, however, I think that the disparity between the two analyses highlighted the notable and significant difference between the nature of the conversions to and from…
Howard- A Point of Reconciliation Between Muslims and Christians
In the first half of the assigned piece today, Howard problematizes what appears to be a blithely reductive and optimistic perspective on the similarity and theological compatibility of Islam and Christianity. He states that the interactions between the two sides often have been reduced to polemical characterizations of the other and triumphalist portrayals of one’s…
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