Christian - Muslim Relations Certificate

Course Outline

  • Advent of Islam
  • The rightly guided caliphs
  • Mohammad and non - Muslims
  • Mohammad and non - Muslims
  • Factors influencing Christian - Muslim relations
  • Qur’anic paradigm:  Historical Legacy: Orientation Dialogue
  • Religious context of 6th century Arabia
  • Qur’an’s view of Christ
  • Qur’an’s view of Christians
  • The people of the book (ahl -al- kitab)
  • Protected ones (Dhimmis)
  • Disbelievers (Kufr - shirk) Qur’an 9:29
  • Mordern Muslim views of Christianity
  • Early Christian views of Islam
  • Later, Western Christians
  • John, of Damascus
  • Peter the Venerable
  • •Exclusivism - Karl Barth (d. 1968)
  • Inclusivism - Karl RaHrier (d, 1984)
  • Pluralism / anonymous Christians - John Hick (b 1922)
  • A world community of co-operate mutual discovery hereby conceptions of Christian uniqueness, absoluteness, or finality will disappear, W.E. Hocking (d 1966)
  • The Christian message in a non - Christian world- Hendrick Kraemer. He saw Islam as a superficial religion, unoriginal, stubborn, ruthless, and has superiority complex.
  • Meaning of dialogue
  • Early dialogue between Christians and Muslims
  • Muhammad’s period
  • Later developments of dialogue
 

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