A Christian Perspective on Humanitarian Islam: Considerations on the "Gerkan Pemuda Ansor Declaration"
- Author(s)
- Helmut Jakob Deibl
- Abstract
This article responds to the “Gerakan Pemuda Ansor Declaration on Humanitarian Islam” from a Christian theological perspective, based on the conviction that, also from a Christian perspective, the Qu’ran must be understood as a revelation of God. First, the article traces the changes in the official Catholic view of Islam from the Second Vatican Council to the Abu Dhabi Declaration “A Document of Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together”. The article then explores the “Gerakan Pemuda Ansor Declaration” in three steps. First, it refers to its being addressed to all people of good will, which calls for new alliances across the borders of religions and nations. Second, it contrasts an attitude of supremacy with one of sensibility, in which actions are understood as contributions rather than assertions of domination. Third, the article suggests that every new theological declaration also requires an aesthetic expression.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Systematic Theology and Ethics, Research Centre Religion and Transformation
- Pages
- 55-68
- No. of pages
- 14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.30965/9783657790265_005
- Publication date
- 2023
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 603206 Fundamental theology
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/a-christian-perspective-on-humanitarian-islam-considerations-on-the-gerkan-pemuda-ansor-declaration(0552aeef-4879-44df-a04b-c6f5546cfa0b).html