Panel: THEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN INTERCULTURAL AND INTERRELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE



396.3 - THEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN INTERRELIGIOUS CONTEXT: AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE

AUTHORS:
Demiri L. (University of Tubingen ~ Tubingen ~ Germany)
Text:
The presentation will focus on Islamic theological anthropology. With a special reference to a recent publication Theological Anthropology in Interreligious Context, it will consider the themes that are central to theological anthropology in current Islamic discourse. These include some of the anthropological foundations of Islamic theology, such as the concept of childhood, the treatment of "sin" or "sinfulness", the human capacity or incapacity to know God, and the understanding of death. It will also note where there seem to be parallels, in themes or structures, between diverse Islamic and Christian theologies. In doing so, it will emphasize that the question of the human is a crucial one in different forms of theology: to talk of God is also to talk of God's creation, and especially of the human being.