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 is Professor of Interreligious Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is co-initiator of the European Society of Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies, and has written extensively in English and Norwegian on Christian-Muslim Relations and Interreligious Dialogue.

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