Islam and Judeo-Christianity: A Critique of Their Commonality

Year 2004
Type Book
Genre theology
Tradition Reformed
Original language French

For For readers interested in Ellul's comparison of Islam with Judaism and Christianity; it argues a contested position and is unfinished.

Should I read this?

For the general reader: 2 of 5 worth a look
For the researcher: 3 of 5 worth your time
Difficulty: 3 of 5 demanding

An unfinished late text arguing against grouping Islam with Judaism and Christianity as 'Abrahamic' faiths.

How it proceeds

Philosophic 3 of 5
Scriptural 3 of 5
Experiential 0 of 5
Sociological 3 of 5
Historical 3 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

A text Ellul left unfinished at his death, written in the context of the Gulf War, and published by the Presses universitaires de France in 2004 with a preface by Alain Besançon. Ellul argues against the common grouping of Islam, Judaism and Christianity as three 'Abrahamic' religions and sets out the differences he saw between them. It was translated by D. Bruce MacKay as Islam and Judeo-Christianity: A Critique of Their Commonality (Cascade, 2015).

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