Cultural Differences Between Christianity And Islam
European Christians and Middle Eastern Muslims shared a common cultural heritage from the Judeo-Christian past. In the classical period Islam, Muslims learned about Christianity from the Christians they met in conquered territories, from the Old and
New Testaments, from Jews, and from Jews and Christians who converted to Islam.
Before 1500 a wide spectrum of Muslim opinion about Jesus and Christians existed. At the time of the Crusades and of the Christian recon quest of Muslim Spain, polemical anti-views were more positive. For their part some Christians, such as the Mozarabs, assimilated into Muslim culture, while others saw Muslims as enemies and criminals.
During the early centuries of its development, Islam came into contact with the other major religions …show more content…
In the medieval period Christians and
Muslims met frequently in business and trade.
Christianity and Islam are two faiths shared a common origin in the Middle East and are
Abrahamic religions. Christianity was founded on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and those who follow him are called Christians. Islam, a monotheistic religious tradition that developed in the Middle East in the 7th century CE.
Islam, which literally means "surrender" or "submission," was founded on the teachings of Muhammad as an expression of surrender to the will of Allah.
Muslims have a range of views on Christianity, often considering Christians and
Jews to be People of the Book or as heretics. Christian views on Islam are diverse and range from considering Islam a fellow Abrahamic religion worshipping the same God, to believing Islam to be heresy or an unrelated cult. Christianity and Islam both consider
Jesus to have been sent by God. However Christians generally consider Jesus to be the
Son of God, while Muslims consider the Trinity a division of God's Oneness and a
New Testaments, from Jews, and from Jews and Christians who converted to Islam.
Before 1500 a wide spectrum of Muslim opinion about Jesus and Christians existed. At the time of the Crusades and of the Christian recon quest of Muslim Spain, polemical anti-views were more positive. For their part some Christians, such as the Mozarabs, assimilated into Muslim culture, while others saw Muslims as enemies and criminals.
During the early centuries of its development, Islam came into contact with the other major religions …show more content…
In the medieval period Christians and
Muslims met frequently in business and trade.
Christianity and Islam are two faiths shared a common origin in the Middle East and are
Abrahamic religions. Christianity was founded on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and those who follow him are called Christians. Islam, a monotheistic religious tradition that developed in the Middle East in the 7th century CE.
Islam, which literally means "surrender" or "submission," was founded on the teachings of Muhammad as an expression of surrender to the will of Allah.
Muslims have a range of views on Christianity, often considering Christians and
Jews to be People of the Book or as heretics. Christian views on Islam are diverse and range from considering Islam a fellow Abrahamic religion worshipping the same God, to believing Islam to be heresy or an unrelated cult. Christianity and Islam both consider
Jesus to have been sent by God. However Christians generally consider Jesus to be the
Son of God, while Muslims consider the Trinity a division of God's Oneness and a