Christianity in the Writings of Islamic Theologians

Subject Areas : Christianity

Davoud Dadashnejad ¹

1 - ندارد

Received: 2014-11-24 Accepted : 2014-11-24 Published : 2007-11-22

Keywords: Christianity, Jesus Christ, union, Trinity, Divinity, Gospels, Christian&#x0D, &#x0D, sects,

Abstract :

Christianity, as a great religion has been the focus of Muslimtheologians' attention and relying on the information derived from theHoly Quran, they tried to analyze and criticize Christian beliefs. Theygenerally referred to the Gospels as the main reference of argumentsand the major part of their analysis was concerned with the concept ofGod, the nature of the Christ, the Union and the Trinity. Furthermore,they also tried to give a fair survey the Islamic theological sects andcompare them with certain sects of Christian sects.Therefore, this article deals with major Christian doctrines whichwere reflected in the Islamic theological writings; it moreover, bringsinto perspective the viewpoints of early Muslim theologians as theforerunners of the religious dialogue.