Divinity and Humanity in Islam and Christianity

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

منو

" Divinity and Humanity in Islam and Christianity "
M. Amin Abdullah

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1067066
Doc. No	:	LA110695
Call No	:	‭10.1163/1572543X-12341398‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	M. Amin Abdullah
Title & Author	:	Divinity and Humanity in Islam and Christianity [Article]\ M. Amin Abdullah
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Exchange
Date	:	2016
Volume/ Issue Number	:	45/2
Page No	:	141–153
Abstract	:	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. 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.
Descriptor	:	A Common Word (acw)
Descriptor	:	divinity-humanity
Descriptor	:	Muslim-Christian relationships
Descriptor	:	object and subject of religiosity
Descriptor	:	System Approach
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/1572543X-12341398‬