Images of Jesus Christ in Islam

Images of Jesus Christ in Islam 2nd Edition provides a general introduction to the question of Jesus Christ in Islam and a dialogical discussion of this issues' importance for Christian-Muslim relations. Its originality lies in its comprehensive presentation of relevant sources and research and its discussion of Islamic images of Christ in the wider context of Muslim-Christian relations. Oddbjørn Leirvik provides a comprehensive introduction to a breadth of Muslim traditions through an examination of interpretations of Jesus throughout history, whilst also examining historic tensions between Islam and Christianity. This book's distinctive contribution lies in its dialogical perspective in the perennial area of interest of Islam and Christian-Muslim relations.

Oddbjørn Leirvik

Preface 1 Introduction          A sensitive question          The status of Christology in Christian-Muslim dialogue          Bibliographical introduction          Methodological considerations 2. Christ in the Qur'an and in Hadith          Christ in the Qur'an          Jesus in Hadith          The understanding of 'gospel' (injil)          Muhammad and Jesus in Hadith and legend 3. Jesus in Muslim legend and Qur'anic exegesis          Jesus in Muslim legend and storytelling I         Classical exegesis of the Qur'an (tafsir) 4. Jesus in Shi'ite tradition          Jewish in Shi'ite Hadith and Tafsir         The brethren of purity         The significance of suffering 5. Jesus in Sufism          Various representations of Jesus in Sufism         Summarising central features of Sufi images of Jesus          The mystical perfection: Muhammad 6. Encounters and confrontations: dialogue, apologetics, polemics          The role of Christ in early intra-Muslim polemics          Christian apologetics under Muslim rule          Muslim polemics, directed towards submitted Christians         Muslim polemical refutations and sympathetic reinterpretations in the medieval era          Christian polemics against Islam in the medieval era: enemy images and attempts at understanding 7. Twentieth-century tendencies and discussions          Christ in nineteenth and twentieth-century Muslim theology: reinterpretation, polemics and dialogue          Jesus in twentieth-century Muslim poetry          Christ in Egyptian Muslim literature, from 1950 onwards 8. Issues of dialogue          Why Christology?          Jesus and Muhammad          Christology, anthropology, theology          Rethinking Christology in dialogue with Islam          Christology and human experience: from miracles to cross?          The ethical connection          Doing theology Postscript: Knowing with oneself, knowing with the other: A 'conscientous' dialogue between religions? Bibliography Index of authors