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Drugost u muslimansko - kršćanskom dijalogu
The Notion Of Otherness In Muslim-Christian Dialogue

Author(s): Nedžad Grabus
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Islam studies, Comparative Studies of Religion, Politics and religion, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Fakultet islamskih nauka u Sarajevu
Keywords: Muslim-Christian dialogue; theological dialogue; theological narrative; ethical monotheism; Islamic teaching; instrumentalization of religion;

Summary/Abstract: The article addresses several important questions for understanding various views about Muslim-Christian relations from a theological perspective. These questions are: understanding narratives, ethical monotheism, historical circumstances in the development of Islamic and Christian teachings, legal and political circumstances in which Muslims and Christians live, and the possible perspective for dialogue and development of relations which would go beyond the struggle for competition and proving the superiority of one teaching over the other. The article analyses the phenomenon of the instrumentalization of religion, which has increasingly become part of the profane world, the issues of political competition and of reduction of religious questions to everyday political problems. All this leads to pushing out the enduring values, the sense of the supernatural, and of the value system which for centuries has aided man in preserving a balance between the material, cultural and spiritual view of the world.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 77-94
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Bosnian