Examining Christianity Archives

Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange -18 | Linda Thayer

We continue here with what the Muslim needs to know for understanding the formation of the Christian ‘canon‘ [1] (the writings which were to become the New Testament) —as it relates to the story of shaping Christian ‘orthodoxy.’ Page numbers in this…

Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange -13 | Linda Thayer

CONTINUING IN THIS installment, we look further at Richard E. Rubenstein’s book, When Jesus Became God, The Struggle to Define Christianity during the Last Days of Rome so as to elucidate the 4th CENTURY ARIAN CONTROVERSY that divided the dominant Christian Church…

Kosher or Not: Can a Non-Jew Convert to Christianity? (Part 8)

Some Bible translations start this story in Acts 10 under the editorial sub-heading, “The Inauguration of the Gentile Mission,” thus stamping the New Testament text with the Church's acceptance of Paul as a spokesman for Christianity and accepting Paul's subsequent Gentile mission…

‘Kosher’ or Not: Can a Non-Jew Convert To Christianity? (6)

Who Will Judge Gentiles who have Converted to Christianity—Paul? Since it is the twelve Disciples of Jesus whom Jesus indicated would rule over the twelve tribes (‘nations’) of the Israelites (Part 5), the Jesus story applies only to Jesus, his Twelve Disciples…

Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange -14 | Linda Thayer

CONTINUING IN THIS installment, we look further at Richard E. Rubenstein’s book, When Jesus Became God, The Struggle to Define Christianity during the Last Days of Rome so as to elucidate the 4th century Arian controversy that divided the dominant Christian Church…

Rectifying Monotheism In Interfaith Exchange – Part 30 | Linda Thayer

We continue from Part 29 our look at issues arising with Christian writer, Robert F. Shedinger, in his book, Was Jesus a Muslim? Questioning Categories in the Study of Religion (2009) Fortress Press: Minneapolis. In Part 29 we saw how Christianity has…

Biblical Question, Qur’anic Answer (1): Did Aaron Facilitate the Golden-Calf Affair? | Aataai Gazi Mahbub

AARON (HÂRÛN), THE elder brother of Moses (Mûsa) (peace be upon them both), is a prominent and respected figure in the world of the Abrahamic faiths—Judaism, Christianity and Islam. God had selected him as a prophet–one who is chosen for spreading and…

Kosher or Not: Can a Non-Jew Convert to Christianity? | (Part 7)

HAVING LOOKED (Parts 1-6 of this series) at evidence in the Gospel accounts of the New Testament regarding whether non-Jews were ever invited to be followers of Jesus, we now turn to the narratives of the book, the Acts of the Apostles,…

‘Kosher’ or Not: Can a Non-Jew Convert To Christianity? (2)

Ministry Launched as a Jewish Prophet (continued from Part 1) Twelve “Apostles” Appointed in Accord with Jewish Tradition DURING HIS APPOINTMENT of the Twelve Apostles—of course, all of them being Jews (Gospel of John 1:47, 49; Gospel of Matthew 20:25-26), Jesus followed…

Rectifying Monotheism in Interfaith Exchange – Part 29 | Linda Thayer

In the last segment we took up Robert R. Shedinger’s discussion of ‘religion-ization’ in his book, Was Jesus a Muslim? Questioning Categories in the Study of Religion, 2009 (Fortress Press: Minneapolis). He describes how Christianity has been ‘religion-ized’ in Western society.He noted…