How do Conceptions of Allah's Being in Islam Compare with those of God's Being in Christianity?
How do conceptions of Allah's being in Islam in relate to conceptions of God's being in Christianity? Two Qur'anic passages that describe Allah's being, Surah 112 and Surah 24:35, lead to the claims Allah is unity and Allah is the light. Drawing on Islamic theology and a breadth...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2019
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The Evangelical quarterly
Year: 2019, Volume: 90, Issue: 1, Pages: 38-60 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations HC New Testament NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
GOD in Islam
B Creation B Islam B Trinity B GOD in Christianity B Light B God's Unity B Christianity B Qur'an B Tawhid B Divine Attributes |
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| Summary: | How do conceptions of Allah's being in Islam in relate to conceptions of God's being in Christianity? Two Qur'anic passages that describe Allah's being, Surah 112 and Surah 24:35, lead to the claims Allah is unity and Allah is the light. Drawing on Islamic theology and a breadth of tafsir (commentary) literature, I study these two claims pertaining to Allah's being (tawhid). Then I examine a Christian understanding of God's unity, and the meaning of 'God is light' in 1 John 1:5, drawing on trinitarian theologians and biblical commentaries. Next the implications of these studies for Islamic and Christian doctrines of creation will also be analysed. The conclusion addresses whether the Islamic and Christian conceptions of the divine being studied are comparable, compatible, contrasting, or contradictory. The goal is to contribute toward the wider discussion of the inter-relation between the Islamic Allah and Biblical God. |
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| ISSN: | 2772-5472 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Evangelical quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/27725472-09001003 |