Christmas and the Qur'an /
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword to the English edition
- Prologue: Christians and Muslims Meet at Christmas
- I. The Birth of Jesus in the New Testament. 1. The primary sources. God's peace on Earth: the story accounding to Luke
- A child of the Holy Spirit: the story according to Matthew
- 2. How the birth stories differ. Christmas Oratorios: Heinrich Schütz and Johann Sebastian Bach
- Different settings
- Different chronology
- The differing roles of John the Baptist
- Differing versions of the birth of Jesus
- 3. The primary message. Nothing is impossible for God
- Disruption: the power of the spirit of God
- A signal to Israel and the Gentiles
- 4. No world peace without world justice. A Messiah in the manger
- What sets Jesus apart from Buddha and Lao-tzu
- Roman domination seen from Bethlehem
- Jerusalem's hegemony from the perspective of the babe in the manger
- II. The Birth of Muhammad. 1. How Muslims read the New Testament. Muslims criticise Christian contradictions
- Contra the missionary propagandists
- 2. The origins of the Prophet. The first biography of the Prophet
- Miraculous signs during the conception and pregnancy
- Miraculous signs during and after the birth
- Muhammad- a historic event
- Muslim 'Christmas'
- III. The Birth of John the Baptist in the Qur'an. 1. The 'John' Sura in Mecca: 19:2-15. The primary message of the Qur'an
- John's miraculous birth
- Comparing John in Luke's Gospel and the Qur'an
- 2. The 'case of John'- a new interpretation in Medina: Sura 3. Conflict with the Jews in Medina
- Comparing the 'John' suras
- 3. Comparing John in the New Testament and the Qur'an. Not a 'forerunner' but a parallel figure to Jesus
- A demonstration of the power of the Creator
- IV. Mary, God's Chosen One. 1. Mary as the mother of Jesus: Sura 19. The spirit of God appears to Mary
- Comparing the birth stories in Luke and the Qur'an
- Mary's withdrawal- making herself available for God
- Spiritual, rather than sexual, conception
- Palm-tree and stream: Mary in Egypt?
- Re-enacting the fate of Hagar
- 2. Mary's birth and childhood: Sura 3. Mary as a means of criticising the Jews
- Early Christian parallels
- Mary's election by God
- Spiritual conception and virgin birth
- The only woman mentioned by name in the Qur'an
- 3. The cult of Mary in Islam. Reflecting on Mary with Muslims
- The legendary House of Mary at Ephesus
- A place of pilgrimage for Christians and Muslims
- Benedict XVI's visit to the House of Mary in 2006
- How modern Muslim women see Mary
- V. The Birth of Jesus in the Qur'an. 1. The birth of Jesus as a 'sign of God': Mecca, Sura 19. Conceived by God's creative power
- Consoling words from the new-born baby to its mother
- What is meant by Jesus being 'a servant of God'?
- Not 'domineering or graceless'
- It would not befit God to have a child
- An heir to the great Prophets
- 2. Controversy about Jesus: Medina, Sura 3. What the angels tell Mary about Jesus
- How the Qur'an interprets Jesus' miracles
- A short summary of the Qur'an's representation of Jesus
- 3. Comparing the birth stories. What the New Testament and the Qur'an have in common
- Where the New Testament and the Qur'an differ
- VI. A Call for Dialogue. 1. A common word. The key passage in the Qur'an: Sura 3:64
- A model of understanding
- 2. The Document of the 138. Conclusions for Muslims and Christians
- Suspicions about the document
- Critical questions
- Consensus about Jesus?
- 3. Christians and Islam's Holy Night
- Common tasks for the future
- The Night of Decree
- Exchanging messages of peace
- Epilogue: The 'Mary' Sura and the Example of Ethiopia
- References
- Bibliography
- Notes.