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Was Jesus a Muslim?

Questioning Categories in the Study of Religion
  • ISBN-13: 9780800663254
  • Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
    Imprint: AUGSBURG BOOKS
  • By Robert F. Shedinger
  • Price: AUD $62.99
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  • Local release date: 23/05/2009
  • Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 192 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Interfaith relations [HRAF]
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An intriguing question - Do Muslims understand Jesus in some ways morehistorically appropriate than Christians do? - leads Robert F. Shedingerinto a series of provocative challenges to the disciplines ofreligious studies and comparative religions. Questioning theconvenient distinction between "politics" and "religion" and theisolation of "religion" from wider social and cultural questions,Shedinger offers a proposal for a more accurate and respectfulunderstanding of faith that he argues will improve possibilities formutual understanding among Christians, Muslims - and others.
Robert F. Shedinger is Associate Professor of Religion at Luther College. He teaches courses on Islam and has lectured on Western perceptions of Islam. He is also the author of Tatian and the Jewish Scriptures (2001) and coeditor of Who Killed Goliath? Reading the Bible with Heart and Mind (2001).
Foreword by Ambassador Akbar Ahmed Introduction: A Post-9/11 Journey 1. What's Wrong with Interreligious Dialogue? 2. Comparative Religion as a Discourse of Domestication 3. Islam as a Movement for Social Justice 4. Was Jesus a Muslim? 5. Toward Christian-Muslim Solidarity against Injustice
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