At the border of Christian learning: Islamic thought and constructive Christian Theology

Joshua Ralston

doi:10.1177/00209643221081706

At the border of Christian learning: Islamic thought and constructive Christian Theology

Joshua Ralston^*

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School of Divinity

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For Christian theology to learn from Muslims, it cannot simply cross over into Islamic thought by reading Muslim texts or appropriating Islamic ideas. The Christian theologian must find a way to attend to the history of Christian-Muslim polemics in a non-confrontational fashion that still accounts for disagreement and difference. Many Muslim voices offer profound and challenging questions concerning Christian theology. This essay proposes that Christian theology can engage with Islamic thought as a key resource in the theological quest for a more truthful and just witness to God.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	117-128
Journal	Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology
Volume	76
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/00209643221081706
Publication status	Published - 13 Apr 2022

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Christian-Muslim dialogue
comparative theology
Kathryn Tanner
Christology
Qur'an
God's Word
witness

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The final version of this paper has been published in Interpretation, Vol 76, issue 2, April 2021 by SAGE Publications Ltd, All rights reserved. © Joshua Ralston, 2022. It is available at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00209643221081706
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