Muslim And Christian Beliefs A Comparison

It is crucial that followers of Jesus and followers of Allah understand the similarities and differences of their respective systems of belief. This compendium has been derived largely from the authors’ book Muslims and Christians at the Table. We heartily recommend this 325-page book, designed to promote biblical understanding among Muslims.

Explores how Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other biblical characters are presented in the Qur'an to help Christians better understand Islam.

Can I be half Muslim and half Christian? Is the Bible like the Qur'an? Do Muslims believe in Jesus? Have you ever tried to explain religion to a child? What if that child had parents of different religions? Author Christine Chapman found herself in this position in discussions with her young grandchildren. Many texts explain religions as separate to each other but children these days have to try to make sense of religion in the context of multi-faith parentage or community. How do they distinguish between theology and culture, fact from family emotions? She set about researching and writing just such a text, adding illustrations on every page. She explores views on family life and marriage, dress and diet, prayer and festivals while explaining the beliefs of Muslims and Christians to children in a non-partisan, fact-based way. Her focus is on the need for understanding and friendship between members of both religions. Armed with this kind of understanding and knowledge she hopes and prays that the next generation may grow up to more peaceful times than ours.

This updated edition by one of the world's leading apologists presents a systematic, positive case for Christianity that reflects the latest work in the contemporary hard sciences and humanities. Brilliant and accessible.

Go beyond mere tolerance to a passion for Muslims. This book explains how that can be done in ways that are sensitive to Islamic culture and provides suggestions on how to build vital relationships with Muslims.

We live in a changing world. Mass migration and seemingly shrinking distances are leading to a clash of worldviews and cultures. This, in turn, is formed and sustained by our religious beliefs, based on the Bible or the Qur'an.Most Christians and Muslims do not chose their religion. They were born into it, and to a varying degree instructed in it. True faith is based on knowing why and what to believe. For such a choice information is indispensible. It can be found here.Those who make a genuine effort to obtain an adequate insight into both religions in order to form their own opinions about them, do not only broaden their horizon, and begin to understand the mindset of their foreign neighbours, but also learn to significantly relate to them. This book affords a basic and yet sufficient insight into the Bible and the Qur'an. The reader will be surprised by discoveries they are likely to make about the very source of their own religion. Gerhard Nehls not only studied the Bible and the Qur'an, but equally the Hadith and Sirat, which support and interpret the latter. Besides that he was involved in a great number of personal studies and discussions with Muslims. This book is unique in that it does not consult the one or other opposing opinion about them, but lets the two Books speak for themselves. Its topical order makes it easy to discover their similarities, but it also does not hide their, at times crucial, differences.Be challenged! Just think of it! What if...'

This carefully researched and provocative treatment of the two most influential persons in world history sets aside the cultural prejudices that often hamper open, honest comparison of Muhammad and Jesus. Phipps begins with a thorough biographical investigation of the early lives of the Meccan and the Nazarene and a thoughtful assessment of their later contributions as statesman and reformer. He then debunks many of the invidious myths about Jesus and Muhammad during the course of a careful exploration of the ways in which they interpreted Hebrew Scriptures, their prescriptions for moral conduct, and their attitudes toward rewards and punishment on earth and in the afterlife.

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s open access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. The Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria are exceptional for the copresence among them of three religious traditions: Islam, Christianity, and the indigenous orisa religion. In this comparative study, at once historical and anthropological, Peel explores the intertwined character of the three religions and the dense imbrication of religion in all aspects of Yoruba history up to the present. For over 400 years, the Yoruba have straddled two geocultural spheres: one reaching north over the Sahara to the world of Islam, the other linking them to the Euro-American world via the Atlantic. These two external spheres were the source of contrasting cultural influences, notably those emanating from the world religions. However, the Yoruba not only imported Islam and Christianity but also exported their own orisa religion to the New World. Before the voluntary modern diaspora that has brought many Yoruba to Europe and the Americas, tens of thousands were sold as slaves in the New World, bringing with them the worship of the orisa. Peel offers deep insight into important contemporary themes such as religious conversion, new religious movements, relations between world religions, the conditions of religious violence, the transnational flows of contemporary religion, and the interplay between tradition and the demands of an ever-changing present. In the process, he makes a major theoretical contribution to the anthropology of world religions.