Massignon, Vatican II and Islam as an Abrahamic religion
The qur'anic material about Abraham corresponds in broad outline to the biblical story although it contains some novel features, including the claim that Islam is the religion of Abraham and that together with Ishmael he rebuilt the Kaaba. The article surveys the largely negative responses of B...
| Autres titres: | Massignon, the Second Vatican Council and Islam as an Abrahamic religion |
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1991
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Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Année: 1991, Volume: 2, Numéro: 2, Pages: 182-205 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Dialogue
B Islam B Vatikanisches Konzil II B Christianity B Christianisme B Vatican Council II |
| Résumé: | The qur'anic material about Abraham corresponds in broad outline to the biblical story although it contains some novel features, including the claim that Islam is the religion of Abraham and that together with Ishmael he rebuilt the Kaaba. The article surveys the largely negative responses of Byzantine polemicists, medieval Western authors, and later orientalists, to Islam's avowedly Abrahamic pedigree. It then examines the work of Louis Massignon and his circle, and discusses the extent to which his conviction that Islam was an Abrahamic religion, like Judaism and Christianity, influenced Vatican II. Some precursors of Massignon are mentioned, his attitude to the qur'anic representation of Abraham is criticized in the light of recent research, and his interest’ in Abraham is shown to have been intimately bound up with the peculiar circumstances of his own life. |
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| ISSN: | 0959-6410 |
| Contient: | In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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