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World Religions and Islam. A Critical Study by Dr. HAMID NASEEM RAFIABADI

World Religions and Islam

This book contains a valuable collection of articles written by eminent scholars from many religious denominations, as well as researchers and teachers of Islamic studies. 

The book is also intended to meet the needs of students studying comparative religions and Islamology.

From the book Indeed, the statement, “I believe in God” has no objective meaning, as such, but like any other statement only means something in context, when proclaimed by a particular community. 

Consequently there is no one unchanging idea contained in the word “God”: instead, the word contains a whole spectrum of meanings, some of which are contradictory or even mutually exclusive.” 

Had the notion of God not had this flexibility, it would not have survived to become one of the great human ideas.

 When one conception of God has ceased to have meaning or relevance, it has been quietly 

disregarded and replaced by a new theology. Yet if we look at three religions i.e.

Judaism, Christianity and Islam, it becomes clear that there is no objective view of “God”: each generation has to create the image of God that works for it. 

In this book I have attempted to present world religions in a very broader context vis-a-vis Islam. In the introduction Islamic response to world religions has been shown in a comparative perspective. 

There is an article on the secular challenges that have rendered religious phenomenon vulnerable to all sorts of attacks. 

Thus the book is a collection of valuable articles written by eminent scholars belonging to various religious denominations, and researchers and teachers of Islamic studies.

 The book is also meanto cater the requirements of the students of comparative religions and Islamology