Abraham in Narrative Worldviews: Reflections on Doing Comparative Theology through Christian–Muslim Conversation in Turkey.

Bibliographic information:

Bristow, George. “Abraham in Narrative Worldviews: Reflections on Doing Comparative Theology through Christian–Muslim Conversation in Turkey.” Chap. 2 In Biblical Interpretation in Islamic Context: Qur’anic Conversations, edited by Danny Crowther, Shirin Shafaie, Ida Glaser and Shabbir Akhtar. Routledge Biblical Interpretation in Islamic Context Series, 31-44. New York: Routledge, 2017.

Description:

Description

The term Abrahamic is widely used for one circle of interfaith dialogue. However, the extent to which Abraham is common ground between Christians and Muslims is questionable. I approach the question through a comparative theological examination of the partially overlapping narratives in the Bible and the Qur’an and their use by Christians and Muslims, using a polarities model which builds on the deep connection between narrative and worldview. I then offer five examples of such comparison from the Abraham narratives to clarify both the limited harmony and the extensive dissonance in the respective readings.

Publisher:

New York: Routledge (website: https://www.routledge.com/Reading-the-Bible-in-Islamic-Context-Quranic-Conversations/Crowther-Shafaie-Glaser-Akhtar/p/book/9781138093577)

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