The Other in the Light of the One: The Universality of the Qur'an and the Interfaith Dialogue – By Reza Shah-Kazemi (original) (raw)

2008, Reviews in Religion & Theology

In this follow-up to his previous effort with Joel Green, Recovering the Scandal of the Cross (Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2000), Mark Baker assembles nineteen vignettes on the cross selected for their ability to assist ministry. Baker explains that while many readers were stimulated by the first book, he received numerous enquiries related to preaching and evangelism. 'This new volume', he declares, 'is my response to those questions' (p. 14). So, whereas his previous work with Green was an argument for the contextualization of atonement theology, this book is the actual exercise, an attempt to match the variety of biblical images for atonement with humanity's numerous needs. Each chapter begins with the editor's introduction of both the contributor and the contribution. Baker's introductory chapter makes it clear that this new work shares one of the key labors of the first book, namely, to supplant penal substitutionary atonement. Indeed, he spends a good bit of space countering the view, reinterpreting key Scriptural passages thought to support it, and answering critics who would disagree with his rejection of it. Adhering to this model has become something of a scandal itself.

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“Healing the Distorted Face: Doctrinal Reinterpretation(s) and the Christian Response to the Other"

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The turn to the Other: Reflections on contemporary Middle Eastern theological contributions to Christian–Muslim dialogue

This article responds to Middle Eastern Christian positions concerning the Other, which have been dominant in most Christian–Muslim relations in the past, through the centuries , and is still prevailing in the Middle East through several Christian voices. As these positions, directly or indirectly, endeavor to appropriate the tradition of the Other and make it fit within the boundaries of one's own theological heritage, the present article suggests the need for a genuine turn to the Other, in order to make the true perception and the understanding of the tradition of the Other possible. Hence, a method of rejuvenation is proposed, which implies first a critical consideration of one's own tradition and then a genuine turn to the Other, making the meeting and the reading of the holy texts together possible with the Other in terms clarified through the post-critical method of scriptural reasoning.

Christianity and Islam on Salvation: A Comparative Analysis of Sacred Texts on Atonement in Christianity and Intercession in Islam

2019

In all Abrahamic religions’ sacred texts, there is the history (or story) of the sin of Adam and Eve. According to the sacred texts, Adam and Eve were tempted by a satanic scheme and ate from the prohibited tree. 1 This event caused God to cast Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden; it was the beginning of mankind’s sins. From that point on, Satan has been allowed to delude mankind continuously, taking them away from God’s orders, good deeds, and a spiritual life. Disobedience draws human beings into eternal punishment and suffering. But, God loves his creatures and he would not like to see humans’ eternal punishment. In the Bible, God has been introduced as merciful and beneficent (Romans 9:16) and, all the Qur’anic sections (except one) begin with the verse “In the name

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