Posted in A Common Word, Antithesis, Apologetics, Christology, Cornelius Van Til, Cross and Crescent, Doctrine of God, Epistemology, Ethics, Ex Pacto, Geerhardus Vos, Herman Bavinck, John Calvin, John Frame, Love, Metaethics, Miroslav Volf, Pilgrim Praxis, Research Papers, Richard Gaffin, Synthesis, Systematic Theology, tagged Christianity, Reformed, religion, covenant, Islam, trinity on June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Abstract
My papers evaluate Dr. Miroslav Volf’s publications and lectures related to A Common Word. In the epistemology paper I examine Volf’s arguments for a shared monotheism between Christianity and Islam, asking, “By what norm can one determine whether Muslims believe in the same monotheistic God as Christians?” In the ethics paper I explore Volf’s love [...]
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Posted in A Common Word, Cross and Crescent, Ethics, Evangelism, Pilgrim Praxis, tagged Christianity, Fitna, Islam, Islamophobia, religion on April 19, 2008 | No Comments »
So far my attempt to think through a faith Christian response to Fitna has (1) introduced Geert Wilder’s film, (2) surveyed its political repercussions, and (3) examined how the Christian world is officially responding to Fitna. In the final two parts I will (4) fill out the Protestant picture by exploring the laity’s response and [...]
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Posted in A Common Word, Cross and Crescent, Duplex Regnum, Ethics, Natural Law, Pilgrim Praxis, tagged Christianity, Fitna, Islam, Islamization, politics, religion on March 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Having introduced Geert Wilder’s Fitna film and surveyed its political repercussions over the past few days, in part 3 I will examine how the Christian world is officially responding to Fitna. First up, the Roman Catholic response; then, we’ll look at the Protestant response.
Roman Catholic Response
Silence So Far on Fitna
So far I have not found [...]
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Posted in A Common Word, Cross and Crescent, Ethics, Pilgrim Praxis, tagged Christianity, Fitna, Islam, Islamization, politics, religion on March 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In part 1 I simply set the context for discussing Geert Wilders’ Fitna film by briefly explaining its origins and purpose. Now in part 2 I will briefly survey Fitna’s international political fallout in order to set up a comparison between political and religious responses to Fitna in part 3.
Ambivalent International Political Reaction to Fitna
Media [...]
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Posted in A Common Word, Cross and Crescent, Ethics, Pilgrim Praxis, tagged Christianity, Fitna, Islam, Islamization, politics, religion on March 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
What Is Fitna?
Fitna, the Arabic word loosely translated “division,” “strife,” or “dissension” (with a religious connotation) is the title of Dutch politician Geert Wilder’s extremely controversial film which antagonizes against European islamization, especially in the Netherlands. See the International Herald Tribune’s Dutch lawmaker releases anti-Quran film for a brief news-media report about the film and [...]
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Encouragement in the Power of the Gospel
For any Christian involved in Muslim ministry, Afshin’s testimony of believing in Jesus Christ as the Way, Truth, and Life (John 14:6) is highly encouraging.
Intriguing Perspective for ACW Research
Furthermore, in light of my present research into the A Common Word initiative, listening to Afshin’s story forces me to think [...]
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On Wednesday of last week twenty-four Catholic and Muslim leaders announced a forum in Rome to facilitate discussions spurned by the Muslim-initiatied A Common Word (ACW) letter. The topics to be addressed at the 4-6 November 2008 forum under the theme, “Love of God, Love of Neighbour,” include:
“Theological and Spiritual Foundations,” and
“Human Dignity and Mutual [...]
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In this fourth (read 1, 2, and 3) of four Kistemaker lectures, Dr. Volf examines the question of whether Muslims and Christians share the same love of neighbor as expressed in the A Common Word (ACW) and the Yale Center Response (YCR) documents. (See my introduction and Volf’s lecture 1 for the historical background of [...]
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Posted in A Common Word, Apologetics, Doctrine of God, Ethics, Missions, Pilgrim Praxis, Systematic Theology, tagged Christianity, Islam, religion on March 1, 2008 | 6 Comments »
In this third (read 1, 2, and 4) of four Kistemaker lectures, Dr. Volf examines the question of whether Muslims and Christians believe in the same God. Volf looks at this question from the context of the A Common Word (ACW) and the Yale Center Response (YCR) documents (see my introduction for background).
What follows are [...]
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In this second (read 1, 3, and 4) of four Kistemaker lectures, Dr. Miroslav Volf discusses the Yale Center for Faith and Culture’s response to A Common Word, entitled Loving God and Neighbor Together. Here are my notes:
Background on the Yale Response
Dr. Volf sees A Common Word (ACW) as a highly significant interfaith initiative. He [...]
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