Commonalities and differences among the Abrahamic faiths

Abrahamic faiths namely Judaism, Christianity and Islam share the theology of monotheism. The three religions trace their origins to Prophet Abraham. Judaism is the religion of the descendents of Jacob, son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham. Christianity began as a sect of Judaism in the...

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Main Authors: Abdullah @ Chuah Hock Leng, Osman, Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Islamic University Malaysia 2011
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spelling iium-220432013-06-26T08:37:51Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/22043/ Commonalities and differences among the Abrahamic faiths Abdullah @ Chuah Hock Leng, Osman Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc Abrahamic faiths namely Judaism, Christianity and Islam share the theology of monotheism. The three religions trace their origins to Prophet Abraham. Judaism is the religion of the descendents of Jacob, son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham. Christianity began as a sect of Judaism in the 1st century, and later on developed its own creed such as trinity. Islam began in the 7th century; it also traces its link to Ishmael, the son of Prophet Abraham. The three religions share mostly the same heritage, history, greatness and theology of monotheism. This essay attempts to highlight the common features of these three religions, while at the same time presents the differences in terms of the unique roles, perspectives and meanings of each of them. International Islamic University Malaysia 2011-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/22043/1/6-The_Commonalities_and_Differences_among_the_Abrahimic_Faiths.pdf Abdullah @ Chuah Hock Leng, Osman and Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi (2011) Commonalities and differences among the Abrahamic faiths. Journal of Islam in Asia, Spcl (3). pp. 325-343. ISSN 1823-0970 http://www.iium.edu.my/jiasia/ojs-2.2/index.php/Islam
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Abdullah @ Chuah Hock Leng, Osman
Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi
Commonalities and differences among the Abrahamic faiths
description Abrahamic faiths namely Judaism, Christianity and Islam share the theology of monotheism. The three religions trace their origins to Prophet Abraham. Judaism is the religion of the descendents of Jacob, son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham. Christianity began as a sect of Judaism in the 1st century, and later on developed its own creed such as trinity. Islam began in the 7th century; it also traces its link to Ishmael, the son of Prophet Abraham. The three religions share mostly the same heritage, history, greatness and theology of monotheism. This essay attempts to highlight the common features of these three religions, while at the same time presents the differences in terms of the unique roles, perspectives and meanings of each of them.
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author Abdullah @ Chuah Hock Leng, Osman
Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi
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Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi
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title Commonalities and differences among the Abrahamic faiths
title_short Commonalities and differences among the Abrahamic faiths
title_full Commonalities and differences among the Abrahamic faiths
title_fullStr Commonalities and differences among the Abrahamic faiths
title_full_unstemmed Commonalities and differences among the Abrahamic faiths
title_sort commonalities and differences among the abrahamic faiths
publisher International Islamic University Malaysia
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url http://irep.iium.edu.my/22043/
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