A christian and a muslim talk about ramadan christian. Mar 28, 2018 promoting christianmuslim dialog in africa by global ministries on march 28, 2018 the conference on world mission and evangelism is in the tradition of the international mission council and the world council of churches wcc commission on world mission and evangelism cwme. In its wake, international islamic organizations have also championed dialogue, for instance the islamic world league mekka and the mus. Muslimchristian dialogue oxford islamic studies online. Anyone interested in comparative religion will find in this book many surprises that challenge what many once believed to the absolute truths, this book has been written as the result of dialogues i had with christian clergy as well as laity.
The way of dialogue 1988 1 whilst dialogue with all faiths is highly desirable, we recognise a special relationship between christianity, judaism and islam. This website is for people of various faiths who seek to understand islam and muslims. A calendar of events 19681979 19 3 preface this survey of dialogue between christians and muslims aims at acquainting the muslim reader with some basic information required to understand and follow the flow of events and themes of exchange which underly the dialogue between christians and muslims during the. Pdf christianmuslim dialogue with particular reference to. All three of these religions see themselves in a common relationship to abraham, the father of the faithful, the friend of god. Adam is said to be son of god and jesus is the one and only son of god. Christianmuslim dialogue often takes the form of apologetics for at least two reasons. This will be analyzed within a christian muslim relations framework to glean some lessons of the nature of these relations at their early historical stage. The bible describes true believers as gods children and people bent on evil as the devils children. As the crcna undertakes more of an active role in interreligious dialogue in north america, we can learn a lot from our christian and muslim friends in egypt.
I attended a weeklong christianmuslim reconciliation dialog in cyprus. Inshaallah this series will be of me reading from the book christian muslim dialogue so that you all can benefit from all the goodness. We will then look at the very idea of interreligious dialogue and a variety of manifestations of dialogue between christians and muslims. Forum guidelines invite all to the way of thy lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching. Christianmuslim dialogue perspectives of four lebanese. Box 724 walled lake, mi 48390 jesus or muhammad sam shamoun robert. Muslim and a christian in dialogue christians meeting. Muslim christian dialogue english hasan mohammed ba aqeel. Finding that there is tremendous ecumenical ground between christianity and islam in the voices of their own scholars, this book ranges from a. Discussion about god, his prophets, and his holy books. Christian and muslim dialogue public group facebook.
This booklet should prove to be a very valuable asset to muslims and. Bishops endorse christianmuslim dialogue, provide guidelines for improvement catholic news agency. In the name of allah, most gracious, most merciful. Welcome to christian muslim dialogue of lexington, ky. Rather it was a matter of discrediting the competing new teaching. Pope benedict xvi has recently em phasized the importance of interreli gious dialogue between muslims and. A common word and christianmuslim dialogue a common word. The christian must be willing to carry the cross and tolerate others no matter their color, race, tribe or religion.
Muslim christian dialogue also makes clear the islamic view and shows how the quran, revealed to the prophet muhammad some six hundred years after jesus, peace be upon both of them, corrects the errors that crept knowingly or unknowingly into the message that jesus brought. The concept of god and the principle of neighbourly love seem to have particular potential as fruitful bases for further dialogue. Nov 07, 2017 christian muslim dialogue depends upon knowledge and trust. Interfaith dialogue is a conversation in which two or more parties seek to express their views accurately and to listen respectfully to their counterparts.
You err because you neither know the scriptures nor the power of god. Students will engage in deeper conversation and exploration of how the larger global or regional concerns. Conversely, christians should become more aware of what in fact the bible states and what jesus pbuh. The challenge is, through dialogue and studying each others scriptures, to determine where muslims and christians agree and can express a common witness and where we disagree and, through love of the other, yearn to share our faith in christ. Over the years ive heard a number of jokes that begin a jew, a christian and a muslim walk into a its an effective stem for a joke because its based on a negative stereotype that suggests it highly improbable that the three would voluntarily associate with one another. Muslimchristian dialogue intentional, structured encounters between muslims and christians are generally termed muslimchristian dialogue. Anyone interested in comparative religion will find in this book many surprises that challenge what many once believed to the absolute truths, this book has. This identity crisis that is experienced by so many postmodern people leads to. A reply, refutation and rebuttal, which replies, refutes and rebuts each of dr. The reader will be surprised to learn that in the bible, jesus.
He has a master of theology degree and a doctorate of philosophy from the london school of theology in association with brunel university, london. Islamicchristian dialogue institute of oriental philosophy. A christian and a muslim talk about ramadan with contributions from lyle young, kayed khahlil from the november 24, 2003 issue of the christian science sentinel. It contains a lot of brief, yet informative articles about different aspects of islam. Willmar while there are unarguably many differences between christianity and islam, the overarching message of the interfaith dialogue last week willmar was there is more common ground than one might expect and the differences should not keep people apart. The panel is for a class on the topic taught by sr.
Guidelines for dialogue between christians and muslims. First, christianity and islam make conflicting truth claims about gods revelation, which for christians reached its climax in jesus christ, and for muslims, in the quran. Since 1980, shenk has been based at eastern mennonite missions emm headquarters, salunga, pennsylvania, where he helps to coordinate interfaith commitments. Christians and interreligious dialogue watchman fellowship. Anyone interested in comparative religion will find in this book many surprises that challenge what many once believed to the absolute truths. The discussions were polite, pleasant, friendly, and constructive without the slightest intention of hurting the religious feeling of any christian. Posts about christian muslim dialogue written by jhubers. Answering islam, a christianmuslim dialog and apologetic. Muzykina introduction the current postmodern world poses a great challenge to each person living todaythe challenge of selfidentity paulien 2008.
Promoting christianmuslim dialog in africa global ministries. Facing the challenges in christianmuslim dialogue yelena v. An association of various national bishops conferences in western africa has issued a communique encouraging christianmuslim dialogue as the only way that we can truly. Egypt has a long history of christian muslim interaction, and in the end, most egyptians, whether muslim or christian, see themselves as egyptians first.
Reflections on christianmuslim dialogue fuller studio. Christianmuslim dialogue islamic networks group ing. Christianmuslim dialogues in early christian theology. The reader will be surprised to learn that in the bible, jesus pbuh never claimed to be god, that jesus never died on the cross. Full text of dialogue between christians and muslims part 1. Recent developments in the study of earliest christianity provide great opportunity for muslimchristian dialog, enabling us to see that there is far more common ground between us than commonly assumed. The muslim who follows the teaching of islam to surrender to the will of allah and the christian who is willing to follow jesus by bearing any suffering patiently as a meeting point in the dialogue of life. Muslimchristian dialogue also makes clear the islamic view and shows how the quran, revealed to the prophet muhammad some six hundred years after jesus, peace be upon both of them, corrects the errors that crept knowingly or unknowingly into the message that jesus brought.
Oct 11, 2007 further sources in christianmuslim dialogue. He is the author of many books, including a muslim and a christian in dialogue, christian. He became a follower of jesus in april 1973 in karachi, pakistan. Click download or read online button to get guidelines for dialogue between christians and muslims book now. In order to obtain a balanced understanding of the debate, i realized i also needed to read the christian answer to the charges levied against christianity. This can be problematical in the conduct of christian muslim dialogue, especially since many muslims hold that christians altered their scripture in order to justify trinitarian doctrine and jesus divine sonship. Jan 31, 2007 while there are clearly theological differences between christians and muslims, it might surprise some to know that the muslim word for god, allah, is the same term that christian arabs used long. Islamic and christian cultures conflict or dialogue profited from the positive atmosphere in sofia and was an important step towards resolving the key issues in the relations between these two world cultures. Excerpts from christian and muslim concepts of the. The interreligious dialogue between islam and christianity is based on related, theologically founded positions.
Christianmuslim dialogue a center of christianmuslim. The events take place in dubai, united arab emirates and began in 2005. His conversations with christian clergy and laity during this period of study have provided the impetus for this publication christianmuslim dialogue. Christian muslim dialogue on these two topics is a very indicative key and can contribute to peace in this world. Christian muslim dialogue a center of christianmuslim. This book should prove to be very valuable asset to both muslims and christians, particularly given the interest in dialogues between fwo faiths. Both forms of engagement in dialogue intrachristian and interreligious are affected by.
Christianmuslim dialogue depends upon knowledge and trust. Muslimchristian dialogue also makes clear the islamic view and shows how the quran, revealed to the prophet muhammad some six hundred years after jesus. Christianmuslim dialogue, christocentrism, divergent. A theoretical dialogue between a muslim and a christian part. Steven masood is a christian from a sectarian muslim background. It is specifically connected with the topos of the. Marianne farina, who is also an ing speaker and will facilitate the conversation.
Baagil, a dedicated muslim, learned not only that christians differ in their basic beliefs trinity divinity of jesus, etc. Marked by both hospitality and respect, the dialogues were part of fullers historic commitment to. Ten scholars five christians and five muslims recently met for an interreligious dialogue at catholic university of america. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget. Such familial descriptions have given rise to many discussions and debates especially between christians and muslims. Yet, a lively intellectual and material interchange took place between the christians and muslims at different levels. Muslims in our efforts to invite christians to study islam. Muslimchristian dialogue also makes clear the islamic. Islamic christian dialogue 3 held numerous events with various muslim partners in the 1970s and 1980s in europe, asian, and africa chambesy 1976. No christian can answer this question show me one verse where jesus said iam god worship me. Christians and muslims about their beliefs in the last couple of. The dubai muslim christian dialogues are a bienniel event featuring muslims and christians discussing important differences between their respective faiths. Christian muslim dialogue of lexington, kentucky home. Gordon meltons encyclopedia of american religions states that there are more than 1,500 religious groups in america, and over 600 of these are non christian.