God is one : a Christian defence of divine unity in the Muslim golden age /
Kuhn, Michael F.,author.
Includes bibliographical references.
Based on the author's dissertation: Defending divine unity in the Muslim milieu : the Trinitarian and Christological formulations of Abū al-Faraj 'Abd Allāh Ibn al-Ṭayyib and Iliyyā of Nisibis, Ph. D. [Great Britain] Middlesex University, 2017.
Explores the teaching of two Arab Christian theologians from the Abbasid Era (750-1250), 'Abd Allāh Ibn al-Ṭayyib and Iliyyā of Nisibis, and how they defended the Christian view of God as three-in-one in the Muslim milieu and in reference to the Islamic concept of tawḥīd, God's absolute unity. The intellectual contribution of these two Christian thinkers can be seen in the concepts they articulated continuing to feature in Muslim-Christian dialogue to this day. Dr Kuhn shows the great lengths that Middle Eastern Christians went to explain their view of God's oneness in the Trinity and the divinity of Christ to their fellow Christians and to commend it to their Muslim counterparts. There is much to learn from the historical debates investigated in this book to help Christians today to uphold the truth of the Christian scriptures, both in the Muslim context and beyond. Readers will appreciate the review of Nestorian Christology in light of recent studies and the important theological background to contemporary Muslim-Christian engagement that is provided.  This book also makes a significant addition to the Christian understanding of the Trinity by linking the eternal attributes of God, a common theme in Islamic thought, to the three persons of the God-head deepening our understanding of the inter-relations of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. - Publisher.
Abū al-Faraj ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Tayyib, -1043.
Elias, of Nisibis, 975-1046.
Jesus Christ
Abū al-Faraj ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Tayyib, -1043.
Elias, of Nisibis, 975-1046.
Jesus Christ.
Christianity and other religions
Islam
Trinity
Missions to Muslims.
Christianity.
Interfaith relations.
Islam.
Missions to Muslims.
Theology, Doctrinal.
Trinity