Name: Triune Relationality: A Trinitarian Response to Islamic Monotheism
ISBN: 9781514008843

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Triune Relationality: A Trinitarian Response to Islamic Monotheism

Sherene Nicholas Khouri

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A key area of disagreement between Christians and Muslims is the nature of God: Is God a Trinity or absolutely one? Applying insights from early Arabic Christian theologians and philosophers to current conversations, Sherene Nicholas Khouri offers both historical and constructive responses to Islamic objections to the doctrine of the Trinity.

Book Details

Publisher: IVP Academic
Publish Date: Nov 19th, 2024
Pages: 224
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.60in - 5.70in - 0.70in - 0.70lb
EAN: 9781514008843
Categories: • Christian Theology - History• Ecumenism & Interfaith• Comparative Religion

About the Author

Khouri, Sherene Nicholas: -

Sherene Nicholas Khouri (PhD, Liberty University) is assistant professor of Arabic at Liberty University and also teaches courses on theology, apologetics, Arabic Christianity, and Islam in the John W. Rawlings School of Divinity. Born in Damascus, Syria, she served the Arabic church in the Middle East for thirteen years.

Habermas, Gary R.: -

Gary R. Habermas (Ph.D., Michigan State University) is Distinguished Research Professor and chair of the department of philosophy and theology at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. He is the author, coauthor or editor of many books, including The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus, The Risen Jesus Future Hope, The Resurrection: Heart of New Testament Doctrine and The Resurrection: Heart of the Christian Life.

Praise for this book

"Since the medieval period, Christians and Muslims have been dialoguing about the nature of God. Carefully working through the thought of medieval Arab Christians, Sherene Khouri shows how they articulated and defended the Trinity in their contexts. This study offers wisdom for Christians today discussing God's relationality with Muslim friends."

"Most Western Christians are unaware that Christianity predates Islam on the Arabian peninsula, that Christians interacted intellectually with Arabs in the centuries after the rise of Islam, that much of this interaction consisted of discussions about the Trinity, and that Christians in the region even adopted Arabic as their spoken and written language. For modern Christians interacting with Muslims today, the history of the early interchanges between the two faiths is crucially important. Furthermore, modern Christians who seek to articulate the doctrine of the Trinity in a world that regards it as nonsense would do well to draw on the riches of early Arab Christian writing on this most central doctrine of our faith, in response to their neighbors who also thought this doctrine was illogical. For both sets of modern readers, this book provides a great service as it describes the Christian understanding of God, who is intrinsically and eternally relational, in contrast to the Muslim conception of Allah as merely contingently relational."

"Sherene's insights on the Trinity were gained through a combination of God's providential hand in her life and her personal thirst for the truth of God. We are all privileged to have the result of God's grace and Sherene's diligence as expressed in this fine work. I share with Sherene in prayer and in hope that this work will accelerate the necessary dialogue between Christians, Muslims, and all who seek to know God better."

"Triune Relationality shares with readers the riches of Eastern Christian theological tradition. As Christians today reflect on dialogue with Islam, they will benefit immensely from Khouri's thoughtful presentation of three Christian theological masters who lived under early Muslim rule and defended not only the coherence but also the beauty of Christian doctrine on the Trinity and the incarnation."

"This book on the oneness of God links the past and the present. It adds to the recent trend of drawing attention to Eastern writers of the past who can speak to Western and other readers in the present. Khouri introduces us to sometimes complex terrain, yet we emerge not only with ideas clarified but with a renewed sense of the importance of the topic."

"Dr. Khouri launches her book with a much-needed survey of the literature covering the logical, historical, and apologetic treatment of Islam's objection to the Trinity during the zenith of Islamic scholarship in the Abbasid caliphate. This leads to an investigation of the trinitarian apologetics of John of Damascus, Theodore Abū Qurrah, and Yahyā Ibn 'Adī. The book climactically endorses the conclusion espoused by recent Arab theologians that the true God cannot be perfect unless he is relational in himself, so that the Trinity is not a problem to be solved but rather a beauty to be discovered."