Christians and Muslims both believe (smunews?format=xml)
Summary: William Abraham, professor at SMU's Perkins School of Theology, talks about where Christians and Muslims agree, and disagree, about God. By Ken Camp WACO--Christians and Muslims believe in the same God as Creator, but the God and Father of Jesus Christ is not the God of the prophet Mohammad, a Methodist theologian told a gathering at Baylor University. "Christians and Muslims believe in the same God. They do not worship the same God," **William Abraham** said. Even so, common belief in the Creator shared by Christianity and Islam may provide the basis for Muslims' full engagement in American political and civil life, he asserted. Baylor's Center for Ministry Effectiveness & Educational Leadership and Truett Theological Seminary's Kyle Lake Center for Effective Preaching sponsored the symposium that asked, "Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God?" Abraham, an Irish-born scholar in philosophical theology who serves as Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies at Southern Methodist University's Perkins School of Theology, insisted the question is not just an abstract ivory-tower debate. "The identity of God in Christianity and Islam is not just a hot ecclesiastical and political issue. It is also a critical theological and missiological issue," Abraham said. "Can we ...
Christianity or Islam, Which is True? Round 2