In "Acts of Faith," Eboo Patel (2007), founder and director of the Interfaith Youth Core, reflects on the issue of religious diversity. Mirroring W. E. B. Du Bois’s famous statement that “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line,” Patel suggests that “the twenty-first century will be shaped by the …
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The Lost Pearl in “Timothy’s Apology for Christianity”
In 781 A.D., there was a discussion between Patriarch Timothy I, and Mahdi, the third of the Abbassid Caliphs at Baghdad. Excerpt from Timothy's Apology for Christianity. You can read the rest of it HERE. "O our victorious King, in this world we are all of us as in a dark house in the middle …
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Dialogue with Other Faiths
I have made a few changes/updates to an old presentation... so here it is for you consideration.
7 Rules of Dialoguing
How does one do interfaith dialoguing? From the John Hick camp comes the idea that both must relativize their own beliefs. That is difficult to do in practice, and hardly seems appropriate for many--- suggesting a sort of virtue in weak convictions. A better, in my mind, view comes from an article (written in Afrikaans, …
Quote from Philip Jenkins and Timothy of Seleucia
This is an extended quote from Philip Jenkins' book, "The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-- and How it Died" (HarperOne, 2008). I suppose it may be a longer quote than normal copyrights approve. But I do heartily recommend getting the book for …
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Religiocentrism and Religious Exoticism. Opposite Concepts from Common Roots
Suppose you are a young teenage man. There is a pop star who you think is just wonderful. She looks beautiful on TV. She has a great voice. Her songs really speak to you, and you just know that such soulful singing expresses a beauty that lies within. But, sadly, you live in Nowhere, Kansas. …
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What Should Be the Christian View on Non-Christian Religions?
<Much of this article is discussed more in Sir Normal Anderson's book "CHRISTIANITY AND WORLD RELIGIONS: THE CHALLENGE OF PLURALISM"(starting around page 169)> “What view should the Christian take of non-Christian religions-…- as systems that profess to mediate salvation?” Anderson describes three broad viewpoints. To provide real-world illustration of these options, I am using the …
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In Evangelism, Positive is Better than Negative
I was reading a web article about Campus Crusades for Christ. I generally like CCC, although, like any group, there is certainly room for criticism. The same could be said about Bill Bright, its founder. (One of the least useful books I read in seminary was one that he wrote supporting religious fasting.) Anyway, the …
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