Reflections on Christian-Muslim dialogue: the hermeneutics of messianism
The article points to the dimension of waiting in Jewish, Christian and Shi‘a Muslim thinking as one particular feature of these traditions. There is a need to distinguish between escapist and productive eschatology. The whole question might also be a feature in a discussion on the interrelationship...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2009
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| In: |
Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2009, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 305-313 |
| Further subjects: | B
Dialogue
B Islam B escatology B Christianity B Hermeneutics B Eschatology |
| Summary: | The article points to the dimension of waiting in Jewish, Christian and Shi‘a Muslim thinking as one particular feature of these traditions. There is a need to distinguish between escapist and productive eschatology. The whole question might also be a feature in a discussion on the interrelationship in international relations of the concepts of realism and idealism and the possible contribution of religion. |
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| ISSN: | 0959-6410 |
| Contains: | In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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