Comments on: A Few Questions For Philip Jenkins http://blog.oup.com/2007/05/religion/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:48:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kemeta http://blog.oup.com/2007/05/religion/comment-page-1/#comment-147633 Kemeta Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:23:35 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/05/religion/#comment-147633 Can't wait to obtain this book ! An excellent, forward thinking, author with a acute understanding of history, which alows us to support/ question current ways of thinking and events. Can’t wait to obtain this book ! An excellent, forward thinking, author with a acute understanding of history, which alows us to support/ question current ways of thinking and events.

]]> By: Abu Daoud http://blog.oup.com/2007/05/religion/comment-page-1/#comment-4590 Abu Daoud Wed, 16 May 2007 18:13:04 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/05/religion/#comment-4590 Great interview, really enjoyed it. Jenkins has been very influential for me as a Western missionary in the Middle East. I remember well listening to him speak at my alma mater back in the West when he came to give s guest lecture. That having been said, I think he seriously underestimates the power of Islam qua civilizational ideology to subsume other forms of identity: national, cultural, political, and so on. In Islam, the unity of God subsumes and eradicates, or at least re-orients, all other forms of identity, leaving only the bare sunnah: the unquestioning sunnah (imitation) of the prophet of Islam, Muhammad. I have posted some of his previous material on my blog, and here is the link to my fuller reaction to this interview: http://islamdom.blogspot.com/2007/05/european-lslamdom-part-ii.html Great interview, really enjoyed it. Jenkins has been very influential for me as a Western missionary in the Middle East. I remember well listening to him speak at my alma mater back in the West when he came to give s guest lecture.

That having been said, I think he seriously underestimates the power of Islam qua civilizational ideology to subsume other forms of identity: national, cultural, political, and so on.

In Islam, the unity of God subsumes and eradicates, or at least re-orients, all other forms of identity, leaving only the bare sunnah: the unquestioning sunnah (imitation) of the prophet of Islam, Muhammad.

I have posted some of his previous material on my blog, and here is the link to my fuller reaction to this interview:

http://islamdom.blogspot.com/2007/05/european-lslamdom-part-ii.html

]]> By: Philip Jenkins Q&A « Creation Project http://blog.oup.com/2007/05/religion/comment-page-1/#comment-4553 Philip Jenkins Q&A « Creation Project Wed, 16 May 2007 13:39:58 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/05/religion/#comment-4553 [...] is offering a free excerpt from Jenkins new book God’s Continent, as well as an insightful Q&A regarding the future of global Christianity. [...] [...] is offering a free excerpt from Jenkins new book God’s Continent, as well as an insightful Q&A regarding the future of global Christianity. [...]

]]> By: Phillip Jenkins « Tolle, Blogge http://blog.oup.com/2007/05/religion/comment-page-1/#comment-4444 Phillip Jenkins « Tolle, Blogge Tue, 15 May 2007 22:51:48 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/05/religion/#comment-4444 [...] Tolle, Blogge Augustinian Reflections « The Social “Gospel” Phillip Jenkins May 15th, 2007 OUP blog interviews Phillip Jenkins on his newest book, the final in a series on the future of Christianity: God’s Continent: Christianity, Islam, and... [...] [...] Tolle, Blogge Augustinian Reflections « The Social “Gospel” Phillip Jenkins May 15th, 2007 OUP blog interviews Phillip Jenkins on his newest book, the final in a series on the future of Christianity: God’s Continent: Christianity, Islam, and… [...]

]]> By: Tito http://blog.oup.com/2007/05/religion/comment-page-1/#comment-4422 Tito Tue, 15 May 2007 19:51:42 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/05/religion/#comment-4422 A very insightful interview. Mr. Jenkins are some of the few non-Catholic writers that I actually enjoy reading. I'm already reading his most current book and it is fascinating to say the least. God bless, Tito A very insightful interview. Mr. Jenkins are some of the few non-Catholic writers that I actually enjoy reading. I’m already reading his most current book and it is fascinating to say the least.

God bless,

Tito

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