13 - TWC 2 'Is the Father of Jesus the God of Muhammad?'

Reading Quiz on Theology in the Context of World Christianity

What example is given of one of the big differences between theological reflection about God in the pluralistic East and traditional writings about God in the “Christian” West?

In India, theological affirmations about God resemble more of a semipermeable membrane than a high wall of clear delineation.

In Tennent’s opinion, what recently sparked interest in the Islamic faith and resulted in the question, “Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God?”

The September 11 terrorist attack

Which of the following is not one of the reasons Tennent gives when he argues that Allah did not come from the moon god, ‘ilah, and the definite article, ‘al?

The worship of the moon was uncommon in the Ancient Near East.

What more plausible explanation is presented for the origin of the word Allah?

“Allah” derived from the Aramaic and Syriac word for God.

According to Tennent, what provides the distinctive divisions between what some call God and what others call God?

Predicates about God.

In the articles by Christian Century, the Muslim stated that Jews, Christians, and Muslims worship the same God, the God of Abraham. What was his reasoning?

The idea that Jews, Christians, and Muslims worship the same God is without question central to Islamic theology and to reject this idea would be a rejection of the faith.

What is significant about the predicates of Christian identity according to Tennent?

The Christian doctrine of God is inseparable from Christology and the identity of God and Christians is distinct.

What is the Islamic doctrine of divine simplicity?

Allah cannot know himself because self-knowledge implies a distinction between knower and known.

What subtle but important shift for Arabic-speaking Christians and Muslims does Tennent highlight?

“Allah” becomes the personal name for God in Islam.

Tennent says the question, “Is the Father of Jesus the God of Muhammad?”, is...

A life or death question, because a Muslim without Christ remains alienated from God.

Tennent foundationally points out that…

Muslims view Christians as those who have not submitted to Allah and Christians view Muslims as those who do not know the Father of Jesus, so that the Father of Jesus is not the God of Muhammad.