Early Christian-Muslim Debate on the Unity of God : Three Christian Scholars and Their Engagement with Islamic Thought (9th Century C. E. ).

Intro -- Introduction -- Part 1 Three Arabic-Speaking Christian Theologians аnd Their Writings оn the Doctrine of the Trinity (c. 800-850) -- 1 Historical and Intellectual Environment -- Christians in the Islamic Empire: Historical, Social and Linguistic Contexts -- Historical Context -- Social Context -- Linguistic Environment -- Christian Theologising on the Trinity -- Philoxenus of Mabbug (d. 523) -- John of Damascus (c. 675-c. 754) -- Muslim Тheologising on the Nature and Unity of God -- Abū al-Hudhayl (c. 750-c. 840) -- Ibn Kullāb (d.c. 855) -- Nature of kalām -- Muslim Criticisms of the Doctrine of the Trinity -- 2 Theodore Abū Qurra (c. 750-c. 830) -- Background -- Biography -- Historical Context -- Intellectual Context -- Works Relating to the Trinity -- Setting the Context -- Relationship between Faith and Reason -- Christianity as the True Religion -- Explanation of the Trinity -- Scriptural Proofs -- Rational Analogies -- Attributes of God -- Response to Muslim Questions -- Theodore Abū Qurra's Understanding of the Nature of God -- 3 Abū Rāʾita Al-Takrītī (c. 755-c. 835) -- Background -- Biography -- Historical Context -- Intellectual Context -- Works Relating to the Trinity -- Setting the Context -- Agreement that God is One -- Explanation of the Trinity -- Types of Oneness -- Absolute vs. Relative Names -- Response to Muslim Questions -- Abū Rāʾiṭa's Understanding of the Nature of God -- 4 ʿAmmār al-Baṣrī (d.c. 840) -- Background -- Biography -- Historical Context -- Intellectual Context -- Works Relating to the Trinity -- Setting the Context -- What can be Known about God -- Criticism of Teaching that God has no 'Word' or 'Life' -- God's Relationship to His Word and Life -- Explanation of the Trinity -- Four 'Categories' -- 'One and Three' is Not a Numerical Issue -- Al-uqnūm and the Relationship Between Substance and Hypostases.

Biblical Proofs -- Response to Muslim Questions -- ʿAmmār's Understanding of the Nature of God -- Part 2 The Role and Function of Christian Explanations of the Trinity in Arabic -- 5 The Tools of Christian Arabic Apologetic and Polemic -- Analogy and Metaphor -- Scriptural Proofs -- Terminology -- Rational and Logical Proofs -- 'The Unity of Species' -- 'A Question for the Muslims' -- 'The Headship of God' -- 'Three is the Perfect Number' -- The "Attribute-Apology" -- 6 Christian Theologians Employing Muslim Theology -- Priorities, Emphases and the Engagement with Islamic Thought -- Abū Qurra -- Abū Rāʾiṭa -- ʿAmmār al-Baṣrī -- The Role of Christian Arabic Works -- Audience and Purpose -- The Place of Early Christian Theology in Arabic -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Bible and Qur'an Citations -- Index of People and Places -- Subject Index.

In Early Christian-Muslim Debate on the Unity of God, Sara Husseini examines the writings of three ninth century Christian theologians, analysing their engagement with Islamic theology in order to articulate the doctrine of the Trinity in an Arabic Islamic context.

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