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The Children of Abraham: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism

 

Sessions

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Now the Lord said to Abram, ". . . by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves (Genesis 12: 1a, 3b)*

 

And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise (Galatians 3:29)*

 

". . . It is the community of your father Abraham; He (God) called you Muslims before and in this revelation. . . (Qur'an 22:78)*

 

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are the three great monotheistic religious traditions, each claiming to be the descendants of Abraham, each proclaiming the one and only God, creator of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen. In this six part series from March 4, 2007 to April 22, 2007, we compared and contrasted how these three faiths view:

  the person of God

  God's people

  how we should live the holy life

  the relationship between believers and nonbelievers

  the goal of human history: the end of time

This series buillt upon our previous Three Faiths, One God series.

 

*Quotes taken from The Abraham Connection: A Jew, Christian and Muslim in Dialogue

 

Sessions

Sessions titles are taken from chapters in our primary reference, Three Faiths, One God

Downloads*

 

PDF Format

PowerPoint

March 4, 2007: 1. Introduction to the Sacred Stories of Judaism and Islam

Presentation (290 KB) Presentation (477 KB)

March 11, 2007: 2. The Person of God

Presentation (280 KB) Presentation (464 KB)

March 18, 2007: 3. God's People

Presentation (253 KB) Presentation (423 KB)

April 1, 2007: 4. The Holy Way of Life

Presentation (319 KB) Presentation (590 KB)

April 15, 2007: 5. The Believers and the Unbelievers

Presentation (255 KB) Presentation (396 KB)

April 22, 2007: 6. The End of Days

Presentation (255 KB) Presentation (401 KB)

 

*To download an overhead set or handout, click and hold (Macintosh) on the link in the bright blue box under the desired format,  or right-click (Windows) the link and choose "Save Target As" or "Save Link as." Information on the format of the downloadable files can be found here.

 

Presentations are by David Monyak.

 

 

 

References

 

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

A History of the World's Religion, 10th Edition. David S. Noss, John Boyer, Prentice Hall, 1999. ISBN: 0130105325

Jews, Christians, Muslims. A Comparative Introduction to Monotheistic Religions. John Corrigan, Frederick Denny, Carlos Eire, Martin Jaffee. Prentice Hall, 1998. ISBN 0-02-325092-5

Religions of the World, 8th Edition. Lewis M. Hopfe, Mark R. Woodward, Prentice Hall, 2000. ISBN: 0130282545

The Abraham Connection: A Jew, Christian and Muslim in Dialogue. An Encounter between Dr. David Gordis, Dr. George Grose and Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi. The Church and the World Series, Vol. VI . Edited by: George Grose and Benjamin Hubbard. Cross Cultural Publications, Inc., 1994. ISBN: 0940121182

The Sacred Paths: Understanding the Religions of the World, 3rd Edition, Theodore M. Ludwig. Prentice Hall, 2000. ISBN: 013025682X

Three Faiths, One God: The Formative Faith and Practice of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Jacob Neusner, Bruce Chilton, William Graham. Brill Academic Publishers, 2002. ISBN: 0391041460

The Children of Abraham. Judaism, Christianity, Islam. FE Peters, Princeton University Press, 2004. ISBN0-691-12769-7

The Monotheists. Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Conflict and Competition, Volume 1. The Peoples of God. FE Peters, Princeton University Press, 2003. ISBN-10: 0-691-0-691-123721

The Monotheists. Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Conflict and Competition, Volume 2. The Words and Will of God. FE Peters, Princeton University Press, 2003. ISBN-10: 0-691-12373-X

 

Judaism

Judaism. A Very Short Introduction. Normal Solomon, Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-19-285390-2

Judaism (Religions of the World Series). Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Prentice Hall, 1999. ISBN 0-13-266271-X

Judaism, Development and Life, Fourth Edition. Leo Trepp, Wadsworth Publishing Co, 2000. ISBN 0-534-54634-X

Settings of Silver. An Introduction to Judaism. Second Edition. Stephen M Wylen, Paulist Press, 2000. ISBN 0-8091-3960-X

The Way of Torah. An Introduction to Judaism. Sixth Edition. Jacob Neusner, Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1997. ISBN 0-534-51568-1 (Note: Seventh Edition due May 2003)

 

Islam

An Introduction to Islam, Second Edition. Frederick Mathewson Denny, Macmillan Publishing Co, 1994. ISBN 0-02-328519-2

Islam. A Very Short Introduction. Malise Ruthven, Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-19-285389-9

Islam (Religions of the World Series). Jamal J Elias, Prentice Hall, 1999. ISBN 0-13-266263-9

Islam. An Introduction. Annemarie Schimmel, State University of New York Press, 1992. ISBN 0-7914-1328-4

Islam. The Straight Path. Third Edition. John L Esposito, Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-19-511234-2