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Jesus' Prophethood and Islam: Insights from the Risale‐i Nur [Note 1. A much shorter version of this paper was presented ...]
Author(s) -
Largen Kristin Johnston
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1540-6385
pISSN - 0012-2033
DOI - 10.1111/dial.12117
Subject(s) - islam , identity (music) , christian identity , interpretation (philosophy) , turkish , religious studies , philosophy , articulation (sociology) , theology , political science , aesthetics , law , linguistics , politics
While Jesus’ prophethood is an indisputable component of his identity in the Christian tradition, it has been marginalized for centuries in favor of his identity as savior. In this article, I argue that an engagement with an understanding of Jesus’ prophethood in Islam, particularly as explicated by the Turkish thinker Bediüzzaman Said Nursi, can help Christians recover a more robust interpretation of Jesus as prophet that has a positive impact on a Christian articulation of the church and of discipleship today.