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Gabriel Said Reynolds
G.S. Reynolds did his doctoral work at Yale University in Islamic Studies. Currently he researches the Qur’ān and Muslim/Christian relations and is Professor of Islamic Studies and Theology in the Department of Theology at Notre Dame. He is the author of The Qurʾan and the Bible (Yale 2018), and Allah: God in the Qur’an (Yale 2020), among other works.
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Original Sin and the Qur’an
- Gabriel Said Reynolds
The present article addresses the common view that the Qur’an has no doctrine of original sin. It begins by defining original sin with attention to the Bible and Christian tradition. Thereafter the...
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Islam and the Salvation of non- Muslims: The Qur’anic Perspective
- Gabriel Said Reynolds
“At the Pluriel conference on “Islam and Otherness” I will argue the Qur’an’s emphasis on divine freedom provides an opening for inclusivism. The Qur’an emphasizes God’s mercy, using al-Raḥmā...
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God of mercy and vengeance
- Gabriel Said Reynolds
First International Congress of the University Platform for Research on Islam in Europe and Lebanon (PLURIEL): theological axis Speaker: Gabriel Said Reynolds, Professor of Islamology and Theology,...
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Quranic Studies
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Unity of God and unity in God – a possible perspective and way of dialogue between the believers?
- Vanessa Breidy
A shῑ‘ῑ perspective of dialogue developed by D. Mohammad Ali Shomali. Talking about unity between believers and calling them to act upon it is not new in Islam. The Qur’ān and the early history o...
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The Quran of Historians
- Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
How is historical research on the Qur'an received in the Muslim world? What do we know about the historical figure of Muhammad? Interview with Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, co-director of the “Qur'an o...
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Islam and the Salvation of non- Muslims: The Qur’anic Perspective
- Gabriel Said Reynolds
"At the Pluriel conference on “Islam and Otherness” I will argue the Qur’an’s emphasis on divine freedom provides an opening for inclusivism. The Qur’an emphasizes God’s mercy, using al-Raḥmān as a...
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Otherness And Spatial Dimension In The Arabic Language And Culture
- Mohamed-Ali Mostfa
Etymologically, the noun âkhar from the verb âkhara, rather draws the action of postponing, أَخَّرَ العَمَلَ, or temporarily deprogramming an action. al-âkhar on some other hand does not establish ...
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Islamic Hermeneutics of Nonviolence: Key Concepts and Methodological Steps
- Adnane Mokrani
The article traces the key concepts and methodological steps that make an Islamic theology of nonviolence plausible. It offers the tools for a critical reading of classical texts, “sacred” history,...
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Environmentalism and sustainability as an expression of Islamic moral orientation
- Ida Zilio-Grandi
Abstract : The essay emphasizes cultural specificities, starting with the terminology currently used to describe sustainability, and investigates the lack of homogeneity of the semantic fields bel...
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Authority according to the Qur’an and the authority of the Qur’an: from model to realisation
- Geneviève Gobillot
Conference « Religious Authority in Islam », organised by the Centre for the Study of Cultures and Religions and the Research Unit of the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), on 18 and 19 November 2...
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Violence and Jihad in Islam: From the War of Words to the Clashes of Definitions
- Mohamed-Ali Mostfa
This article explores the phenomena of violence and jihad in three parts: their emergence and trajectory in the Qur’anic text, their meanings, and their entanglement with the religious cause. The o...