Christian-Muslim Perspectives on God as Love and a Loving Community
The article focuses on perspectives of Christianity and Islam on God as Love that bears a striking parallel to Christian biblical teaching, despite obvious contextual and sociohistorical differences. It mentions Allah's act of loving in relation to the attributes of essence and action and tradi...
| Published in: | Journal of ecumenical studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2018
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| In: |
Journal of ecumenical studies
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| IxTheo Classification: | BJ Islam CA Christianity NBC Doctrine of God NCA Ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
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B loving community B God as love B Christianity B Peacemaking B God's love B GOD in Islam B Islam B Reconciliation B moral virtues in Islam B Biblical Studies B God B Al-Wadūd |
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| Summary: | The article focuses on perspectives of Christianity and Islam on God as Love that bears a striking parallel to Christian biblical teaching, despite obvious contextual and sociohistorical differences. It mentions Allah's act of loving in relation to the attributes of essence and action and tradition assumes diverse stresses, prescinding relative sociocultural influences. It also mentions human acts of peacemaking as Islam's foundation of love. |
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| ISSN: | 2162-3937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of ecumenical studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/ecu.2018.0031 |