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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Saudi Arabia’s former Minister of Information, Muhammad Abduh Al-Yamani, gives his perspective on 9/11 (it has been unfairly pinned on “Islam”) and Christianity (its scriptures are corrupt, and Islam calls Christians back to true monotheism).
On Al-Yamani’s former argument, American Christians may need to at least be willing to listen patiently. With his latter arguments Al-Yamani [...]
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In this fifth and final post on a Christian response to Geert Wilder’s Fitna film (see parts 1, 2, 3, and 4), I argue that the most basic starting point in our response is to ask ourselves the underlying theological question: Do I treat Muslims like images of God?
Cutting Through the Political Noise
Due to the [...]
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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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As the world awakens to the growing Muslim population one of the new questions facing Christians is whether all Muslims are alike. While we Christians are no strangers to wide streams of diversity within our own religion, strangely we have had a hard time of allowing the possibility of diversity within Islam. Perhaps we should [...]
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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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A hijab-clad American woman walks into a local convenience store, and faces unwarranted exclusion:
…would this same woman have been treated any better if she had walked into an American church?
If our own history of how we treated African Americans is any harbinger, then we’d better bow quickly the knee of repentance and extend swiftly the [...]
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