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Comparing Islam and Christianity The Holy War Idea in Western and Islamic Traditions by James Turner Johnson, A 1998 CHOICE Outstanding Academic BookA comparison of the religious and cultural traditions of Islam and the Christian West on the meaning of war for religion."An impressive work, which contributes to the needed dialogue between these two cultures and religions. Highly recommended." ChoiceIn this book James Turner Johnson explores the cultural traditions of the Christian West and Islam, in an effort to encourage a constructive dialogue on the nature of war for religion. No other issue highlights the difference between these two cultures more clearly or with more relevance for their interrelations throughout history and in the contemporary world. In the West, war for religion is most often dismissed as a relic of the past, belonging to a time less rational and less civilized than our own. From this perspective, Muslims who advocate holy war are seen as religious fanatics who are supporting criminal and terrorist activity. By contrast, war for religion has an honored place in the Islamic world, associated with a perennial religious requirement: striving in the path of faith by heart, tongue, and hands. This striving is designated by the now familiar term jihad. In fact, striving by the sword is the "lesser" jihad, and many Muslims themselves are troubled by reductionistic appeals to jihad to justify terrorism, revolution, and anti-western activity. According to Johnson, for there to be any dialogue between Islam and the West we must understand that in the West religion and politics are placed in separate spheres, while normative Islam regards religion as properly integral to the political order. From this perspective religious concerns should have a place in statecraft, including the useof military force.Three questions form the heart of Johnsons inquiry: Is there a legitimate justification for war for religion? What authority is required? What is the proper conduct in such wars? In each case, he asks the question by comparing religious wars with other kinds of wars.
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Similarities between Judaism, Islam, and Christianity - Similarities between Judaism, Islam, and Christianity exist. Judaism, Islam, and Christianity have many different similarities but also have many differences. Islam and Terrorism: What the Quran Really Teaches About Christianity, Violence and the Goals of the Islamic Jihad - Islam and Terrorism: What the Quran Really Teaches About Christianity, Violence and the Goals of the Islamic Jihad is a 2002 book (ISBN 0884198847) by Mark A. Gabriel, an Egyptian Islamic scholar and former lecturer at Al-Azhar University in Cairo. The Philosophy and Teachings of Islam (Essay) - The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam is a well known essay on Islam by Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of the Ahmadiyya movement.(The Ahmadiyya Movement stands in the same relation to Islam in which Christianity stood to Judaism. Christianity in India - Christianity is India's third-largest religion, following Hinduism and Islam. According to tradition, there have been Christians in India almost for as long as the religion has existed, and Christianity underwent major growth following European contact and British colonization, which brought in both Catholic and Protestant missionaries. comparingislamandchristianity
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