THE CONCEPT OF MONOTHEISM IN ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY

 

Papers of the International Symposion

organized in Rome, Italy, 17-19 November 1981,

under the patronage of H. R. H. Crown Prince Hassan of Jordan

by the International Progress Organization

Edited by Hans Koechler

Members of the Honorary Committee

H.E. Emilio Colombo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy

His Eminence Franz Cardinal König, Archbishop of Vienna

H. E. Chadli Klibi, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States

 H. E. Habib Shatty, Secretary-General of the Islamic Conference Organization


TABLE OF CONTENTS


I. INTRODUCTION

Welcoming speech of the President of the I.P.O., Hans Köchler

Message by His Eminence Cardinal Franz König, Archbishop of Vienna

Opening addresses by

Habib Shatty, Secretary-General of the Islamic Conference Organization

Maroof Dawalibi, President of the World Muslim Congress

Hilarion Capucci, Archbishop of Jerusalem

Mohamed A. Sinaceur, Representative of the Director-General of UNESCO

Inaugural lecture by the envoy of H. R. H. Crown Prince Hassan of Jordan, President of the Royal Academy for Islamic Civilization Research, Nassir El-Din El-Assad
 

II. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE CONCEPT OF MONOTHEISM IN ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY

Sheikh Ibrahim AI-Qattan and Mahmud A. Ghul
The Arabian Background of Monotheism in Islam

G.I.A.D. Draper
The Historical Background of the Concept of Monotheism

 

III. MONOTHEISM − ITS INTERPRETATIONS AND SOCIAL MANIFESTATIONS WITHIN ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY
Mohamed A. Abou Ridah
Monotheism in Islam: Interpretations and Social Manifestations

John Hick
A Recent Development within Christian Monotheism



IV. RELATION BETWEEN GOD AND HIS CREATION: REVELATION AND AUTHORITY

Ismail A. B. Balogun
Revelation and Authority in Islam

Wilhelm Dupré
Culture and the Meaning of God in Creation
 


V. RELATION BETWEEN GOD AND HIS CREATION: WORLD ORDER AND PRINCIPLES OF MORALITY

Roger Arnaldez
Dieu comme Essence et comme Personne dans la théologie et la mystique chrétiennes et musulmanes

A. K Brohi
Some Random Reflections on the Concept of Monotheism in Islam and Christianity


VI. MONOTHEISM IN ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY AS MUTUALLY PERCEIVED
(ANALYSIS OF STEREOTYPES)

Peter Antes
Le monothéisme, musulman et chrétien

Youakim Moubarac
Chrétiens et musulmans devant le ghayb (mystère de Dieu)

Ezzedine Guellouze
Du bon usage des stéréotypes

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135 pages, ISBN 3-7003-0339-4, Vienna: Wilhelm Braumüller, 1982

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