Images of Jesus Christ in Islam

Images of Jesus Christ in Islam 2nd Edition provides a general introduction to the question of Jesus Christ in Islam and a dialogical discussion of this issues' importance for Christian-Muslim relations. Its originality lies in its comprehensive presentation of relevant sources and research and its discussion of Islamic images of Christ in the wider context of Muslim-Christian relations.
Oddbjørn Leirvik provides a comprehensive introduction to a breadth of Muslim traditions through an examination of interpretations of Jesus throughout history, whilst also examining historic tensions between Islam and Christianity. This book's distinctive contribution lies in its dialogical perspective in the perennial area of interest of Islam and Christian-Muslim relations.

Auteur

Oddbjørn Leirvik is Professor of Interreligious Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is co-initiator of the European Society of Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies, and has written extensively in English and Norwegian on Christian-Muslim Relations and Interreligious Dialogue.

Résumé
Images of Jesus Christ in Islam 2nd Edition provides a general introduction to the question of Jesus Christ in Islam and a dialogical discussion of this issues' importance for Christian-Muslim relations. Its originality lies in its comprehensive presentation of relevant sources and research and its discussion of Islamic images of Christ in the wider context of Muslim-Christian relations. Oddbj rn Leirvik provides a comprehensive introduction to a breadth of Muslim traditions through an examination of interpretations of Jesus throughout history, whilst also examining historic tensions between Islam and Christianity. This book's distinctive contribution lies in its dialogical perspective in the perennial area of interest of Islam and Christian-Muslim relations.

Contenu

Preface
1 Introduction
A sensitive question
The status of Christology in Christian-Muslim dialogue
Bibliographical introduction
Methodological considerations

2. Christ in the Qur'an and in Hadith
   Christ in the Qur'an
   Jesus in Hadith
   The understanding of 'gospel' (injil)
   Muhammad and Jesus in Hadith and legend
3. Jesus in Muslim legend and Qur'anic exegesis
   Jesus in Muslim legend and storytelling I
   Classical exegesis of the Qur'an (tafsir)
4. Jesus in Shi'ite tradition
   Jewish in Shi'ite Hadith and Tafsir
   The brethren of purity
   The significance of suffering
5. Jesus in Sufism
   Various representations of Jesus in Sufism
   Summarising central features of Sufi images of Jesus
   The mystical perfection: Muhammad
6. Encounters and confrontations: dialogue, apologetics, polemics
   The role of Christ in early intra-Muslim polemics
   Christian apologetics under Muslim rule
   Muslim polemics, directed towards submitted Christians
   Muslim polemical refutations and sympathetic reinterpretations in the medieval era
   Christian polemics against Islam in the medieval era: enemy images and attempts at understanding
7. Twentieth-century tendencies and discussions
   Christ in nineteenth and twentieth-century Muslim theology: reinterpretation, polemics and dialogue
   Jesus in twentieth-century Muslim poetry
   Christ in Egyptian Muslim literature, from 1950 onwards
8. Issues of dialogue
   Why Christology?
   Jesus and Muhammad
   Christology, anthropology, theology
   Rethinking Christology in dialogue with Islam
   Christology and human experience: from miracles to cross?
   The ethical connection
   Doing theology
   Postscript: Knowing with oneself, knowing with the other: A 'conscientous' dialogue between religions?
   Bibliography
   Index of authors