A Comparative Analysis of the Concept of Revelation in Christianity and Islam

Christians and Muslims have a mutually irreconcilable understanding of the form and content of divine revelation, so argues Vincent Battaglia. He outlines the concept of revelation from both a Christian and Islamic perspective, and contrasts the two approaches by noting similarities and differences...

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Main Author: Battaglia, Vincent
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.apms-10762024-10-24T07:30:03Z A Comparative Analysis of the Concept of Revelation in Christianity and Islam Battaglia, Vincent Christians and Muslims have a mutually irreconcilable understanding of the form and content of divine revelation, so argues Vincent Battaglia. He outlines the concept of revelation from both a Christian and Islamic perspective, and contrasts the two approaches by noting similarities and differences between their respective traditions. He then identifies some theological challenges within the Christian-Islamic dialogue and briefly develops rudiments of an Islamic revelation from a Christian perspective. Finally, he argues that since both traditions share a fellowship of faith, they can have a sense of being “the nearest in affection” to one another (cf. Qur’an5:85). 2019-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/apms/vol1/iss1/6 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/apms/article/1076/viewcontent/APMS_201.1_207_20Article_20__20Battaglia.pdf Asia Pacific Mission Studies Archīum Ateneo
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description Christians and Muslims have a mutually irreconcilable understanding of the form and content of divine revelation, so argues Vincent Battaglia. He outlines the concept of revelation from both a Christian and Islamic perspective, and contrasts the two approaches by noting similarities and differences between their respective traditions. He then identifies some theological challenges within the Christian-Islamic dialogue and briefly develops rudiments of an Islamic revelation from a Christian perspective. Finally, he argues that since both traditions share a fellowship of faith, they can have a sense of being “the nearest in affection” to one another (cf. Qur’an5:85).
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title A Comparative Analysis of the Concept of Revelation in Christianity and Islam
title_short A Comparative Analysis of the Concept of Revelation in Christianity and Islam
title_full A Comparative Analysis of the Concept of Revelation in Christianity and Islam
title_fullStr A Comparative Analysis of the Concept of Revelation in Christianity and Islam
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