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Mar 23, 2021

Understanding the Qur’an (Episode 1: The First Person Plural of Majesty)

Greetings, all. As I read through Muhammad Abdel Haleem’s English translation of the Qur’an recently, I highlighted everything that either didn’t make sense to me or that I found interesting in relation to Christianity and/or my own philosophical perspective. What I would like to do is share these thoughts in a series and invite reflections… Continue reading

Islam

Christianity, faith, hermeneutics, Judaism, Koran, language, liguistic philosophy, Philosophy, Qur'an, religion, Scripture, Spirituality, Theology
Feb 28, 2021

Understanding Different Uses of the Word ‘Faith’

I recently updated the tagline of my other blog to include the word ‘faith’. As I thought about that word, I felt it would be good subject matter for a blog post to clarify what I, and others, are often trying to convey when we use the word. Continue reading

Theology

Christianity, faith, God, hermeneutics, Islam, Judaism, language, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality
Jan 17, 2021

Thoughts After Reading the Qur’an

On several occasions in the past I have owned copies of the Qur’an, but read very little of it. This is because the translation from Arabic into English was very poor. Actually, I should note that to use the word “translation” when referring to an English version of the Qur’an is often considered incorrect by… Continue reading

Islam

Bible, Christianity, faith, God, Interfaith, Islam, Judaism, Koran, Philosophy, Qur'an, religion, Scripture, Spirituality, Theology
Jun 18, 2020

Imagining Pluralistic Religion

Imagine how your spiritual life would look if you loved every person (both friend and stranger) unconditionally, rather than with the condition that they must alter their beliefs to accord with your own worldview if they are to meet with acceptance within your community. Imagine a spiritual life where your religious activities are not motivated… Continue reading

Interfaith

Christianity, church, faith, Hinduism, Interfaith, Islam, Judaism, Philosophy, religion, religious pluralism, Scripture, Spirituality, Theology
May 23, 2019

What Are God’s Attributes? (video)

Greetings from London! I hope you’ve been enjoying my Deep Thoughts About God video series so far. Today I’m returning with the third instalment in the series, in which I describe God’s attributes (as far as I feel able to speak about them) and also explain why I believe God doesn’t reveal His nature to… Continue reading

Reflections

Buddhism, Christianity, faith, God’s attributes, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, ontology, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, the nature of God, Theology
Feb 27, 2019

Defining the Being of God

There is a branch of philosophy called ontology, which looks at the nature of being. Today, I’d like to ask you to consider what you would be comfortable to say constitutes the being of God. I’m not asking you to talk about the things that God can do, although this is of course a related… Continue reading

God, Theology

Christianity, divinity, faith, God’s attributes, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, ontology, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, the nature of God

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