Muslim-Christian polemics across the Mediterranean : the splendid replies of Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi (d. 684/1285)

Muslim-Christian polemics across the Mediterranean : the splendid replies of Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi (d. 684/1285) /

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Main Author: Sarrió Cucarella, Diego R. (Author)
Corporate Author: Ebooks Corporation
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Brill, [2015]
Series:History of Christian-Muslim relations ; v. 23.
Subjects:
Qarāfī, Aḥmad ibn Idrīs, > -1285. > Ajwibah al-fākhirah ʻan al-asʼilah al-fājirah.
Islam > Apologetic works > History and criticism.
Islam > Relations > Christianity.
Christianity and other religions > Islam.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Islam, Irrelevant for Christianity?
  • 2. Church Has Also a High Regard for the Muslims
  • 3. Exclusionary Dimension of Religious Identity
  • 4. Carl Schmitt and the Inescapability of the Political
  • 5. Freeing Religion from Social Antagonism
  • 6. New Comparative Theology and Christian-Muslim Polemics
  • 7. Mirror of the Other
  • 8. Outline
  • 1. Scholarly Life in Defense of Islam
  • 1. Political Context: A World in Convulsion
  • 2. Muslim-Christian Interaction in Egypt during the Thirteenth Century
  • 3. Scholarly Life
  • 3.1. Primary and Secondary Sources
  • 3.2. Biographical Data, Education, and Teaching Posts
  • 3.3. In Defense of Islam
  • 4. Al-Qarafi's Contacts with the People of the Book
  • 5. Al-Qarafi in Previous Scholarship
  • 5.1. Jurist and the Theologian
  • 5.2. Polemicist
  • 6. Concluding Remarks
  • 2. Handbook for Polemics
  • 1. Date of Composition
  • 2. Christian Argumentation from the Qur'an
  • 3. Structure and Contents: A General Overview
  • 4. Handbook for Polemics
  • 5. Written Sources
  • 5.1. Paul of Antioch's Risala ila ba'd asdiqa'ihi alladhina bi-Sayda min al-muslimin
  • 5.2. Al-Ja'fari's Takhjil man harrafa al-Tawrah wa-l-Injil
  • 5.3. Al-Qurtubi's al-I'lam bi-ma fi din al-Nasara min al-fasad wa-l-awham
  • 5.4. Al-Khazraji's Maqami' al-sulban
  • 5.5. Al-Samaw'al al-Maghribi's Ifham al-Yahud
  • 6. Concluding Remarks
  • 3. Al-Qarafi's Reply to the Letter to a Muslim Friend
  • 1. Blind Nation and an Ignorant Sect
  • 2. Theology of Religions: Faith among Faiths
  • 2.1. Muhammad: A Prophet for the Pagan Arabs
  • 2.2. Law of Justice and the Law of Grace
  • 3. Theology of the Word of God: The Qur'anic Proof for Christianity
  • 3.1. Jesus the Messiah: A Spirit of God and His Word
  • 3.2. Qur'an and Christian Liturgy
  • 3.3. That Is The Book, Wherein There Is No Doubt
  • 3.4. Christians Should Not Be Considered Polytheists
  • 4. Theology of Divinity: Philosophizing about God
  • 4.1. If Muslims Knew What We Mean
  • 4.2. Human Language and God
  • 4.3. Substance Not Like Created Substances
  • 5. Concluding Remarks
  • 4. Apologia Pro Religione Islamica
  • 1. Jesus the Messiah, the Prophet Who Did Not Die
  • 1.1. Crucifixion: Reality or Delusion?
  • 1.2. Probative Value of the Miracles of Jesus
  • 1.3. Incarnation: An Ontological Impossibility
  • 2. Qur'an under Fire
  • 2.1. Errors in the Qur'an
  • 2.2. Muslim Disputes about the Qur'an
  • 3. Abrogation and Falsification of the Torah
  • 3.1. Can God Change His Mind?
  • 3.2. Falsification of the Torah
  • 4. Miscellanea
  • 4.1. Hadith of the Pen and Paper
  • 4.2. Physical Pleasures of Paradise
  • 4.3. Fighting for God's Cause: Virtue or Vice?
  • 5. Concluding Remarks
  • 5. Christianity and the Innovation of A Wretched God
  • 1. Christian Creed: Viler than Treachery
  • 2. Christian Innovated Practice and Behavior
  • 2.1. Christians and Circumcision
  • 2.2. Consumption of Pork
  • 2.3. Offering of Bread and Wine
  • 3. Islamic Theologoumenon: The Corruption of Early Christianity
  • 3.1. Paul's Self-Immolation and the Ploy to Divide the Christians
  • 3.2. Cunning Jewish King
  • 3.3. State-Manufactured Christianity
  • 4. Christian Liturgical Prayers
  • 5. Sin, Repentance, and Salvation
  • 5.1. Repentance and the Obliteration of Sins
  • 5.2. Individual Nature of Sin
  • 5.3. Purification by Good Deeds
  • 5.4. What Salvation?
  • 6. Christian God: A Philosophical and Theological Non-starter
  • 7. Concluding Remarks
  • 6. Prophet Foretold
  • 1. Proofs of Prophecy
  • 2. Muslims and the Bible: An Abiding Tension
  • 3. Arabicization of Biblical History
  • 4. Falsification of Previous Scriptures
  • 5. Whose Name Will Be Ahmad
  • 6. Solutions to a Paradox
  • 7. Imagine a Pagan Arriving in Our Land
  • 8. Structure and Sources of Chapter Four
  • 9. Exegetical Themes
  • 9.1. Prediction of the Islamic umma
  • 9.2. Prediction of Muhammad
  • 9.3. Promised Paraclete
  • 9.4. Muhammad's Name and Description
  • 9.5. Abrahamic Descent through Ishmael and Hagar
  • 9.6. Universality of Muhammad's Mission
  • 9.7. Subjugation of the Nations
  • 9.8. Muhammad's Fight against Error and Unbelief
  • 9.9. Finality of Islam and the Abrogation of Prior Religion
  • 9.10. Mecca's Role and Elevated Status
  • 9.11. Biblical References to Islamic Rituals
  • 9.12. Original Arab Character of Islam and the Desert Motif
  • 10. Concluding Remarks
  • Conclusion: The Prospects of Christian-Muslim Theological Dialogue
  • Appendix A Al-Qarafi's Literary Production
  • Appendix B Arguments front The Letter to a Muslim Friend
  • Appendix C Corruption of Early Christianity
  • Appendix D Biblical Predictions.

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