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Chapter 8 - Perfection

The Transfiguration and Abrahamic Trust

from Part III - Transfiguration and Global Perfection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 May 2024

Robin Gill
Robin Gill
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University of Kent, Canterbury
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Summary

Chapter 8 continues this discussion, noting that Moses and Elijah are both held in honour by Jews, Christians and Muslims, as is Jesus by Christians and Muslims (following Christian scholars such as David Thomas). Although there are important and abiding doctrinal differences between these Abrahamic Faiths, particularly about the status of Jesus and Mohammed, this chapter argues that there are crucial ethical commonalities that could and should help to move the world beyond religiously inspired violence. The chapter ends with an extended discussion of Raimon Panikkar’s inspiring vision of the Cosmic Christ in his collected works Omnia Opera.

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JewsChristiansMuslimsAbrahamic FaithQur’an on perfectionDavid Thomasreligiously inspired violenceRaimon PanikkarOmnia OperaCosmic Christ
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Human Perfection, Transfiguration and Christian Ethics , pp. 169 - 194
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Perfection
  • Robin Gill, University of Kent, Canterbury
  • Book: Human Perfection, Transfiguration and Christian Ethics
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