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Student Activities - Christianity and Islam: Conflict or Co-Existence?
Video    

Questions based on 0.58 minutes to 7.30 minutes of the video.

Part 1:

1. What percentage of the world’s population is either Christian or Muslim?
2. Generally speaking, what sort of models or relationship can exist between the Christian and Muslim faith communities?
3. Provide examples from each of the faith communities of misunderstandings of the other group.
4. What measures can be taken to foster understanding between Christians and Muslims according to the speaker?

     

Questions based on 17.05 minutes to 24.58 minutes of the video.

Part 2:

1. Outline some of the negative views about both Christianity and Islam hold about each other?
2. What is the oldest university in the world and where is it?
3. What effect did this institution have on Christian Europe?
4. What are the differing views about Christian Muslim relations that exist in the West?
5. Name two scholars that hold these views.
6. Which groups tend to have the most positive outlook on Christian-Muslim relations? Why is this case?

     
  • In response to the video explain in your own words the steps that can be taken to develop Christian-Muslim relations.
  • Try to speculate upon the effect you would hope that your measures may have in both communities?
Reading Lists  
  • An Introduction to Islam (2nd Edition)
    Frederick Mathewson Denny
    ISBN: 0023285192
    Publisher: Prentice Hall
  • A Companion to Religious Studies and Theology
    Helen K. Bond (Editor), Seth Kunin (Editor), Francesca Murphy (Editor)
    Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
    ISBN: 0748614575
  • NIV Study Bible
  • The Oxford Companion to Philosophy
    Edited by Ted Honerich
 
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