QUR’AN-GOSPEL CONVERGENCE
The Qur’an’s Message to Christians
Keywords:
References in the Qur’an Pertaining to Christianity, Reflections on the Messages that are Offensive to the Christians, Jesus, the Word, Jesus, the Man, The Divine and Human Roles of Jesus, Death and Resurrection of JesusAbstract
Pope John Paul II said, while addressing over 80,000 Muslims at a soccer stadium in Casablanca in 1985: We believe in the same God, the one God, the Living God who created the world … In a world which desires unity and peace, but experiences a thousand tensions and conflicts, should not believers come together? Dialogue between Christians and Muslims is today more urgent than ever. It flows from fidelity to God. Too often in the past, we have opposed each other in polemics and wars. I believe that today God invites us to change old practices. We must respect each other and we must stimulate each other in good works on the path to righteousness.
References
“Why Some Christians Are Spiritually Lethargic?” OMNI Journal of Spiritual and Religious Care, http://www.omc.ca/omni/articles.html
“Mission of The Incarnate Word among the Israelites,” Indian Journal Of Spirituality, October-December 2007.
“Indirect Presence of “The Word” in Other Religions,” SEDOS Bulletin, SeptOct 2006, http://www.sedos.org/2007.
“Trinitarian Experience of A Christian and Advaitic Experience of a Hindu,” Journal of Dharma, Vol XXVII, April-June 2002.
The concept of “Participated Mediation” proposed by the late Pope John Paul II in Redemptoris Missio (1990)
