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Stories of spiritual origins often begin as the new way emerges against the dominant traditions of the region. Thus Siddhartha grows up among the Brahmins and Moses among the Egyptians. Joseph Smith and Elijah Muhammad, each in his own way, emerges among American Protestants. But what about the much older, Arabian Muhammad? Many stories of Islam’s rise situate Muhammad among polytheists, proclaiming one God to folks with plentiful spirits. But Gabriel Said Reynods invites us, in his recent book Christianity and the Qur’an, from Yale University Press, to consider another possibility: what if Arabian Christianity stands as the Qur’an’s earliest conversation counterpart? Christian Humanist Profiles stands glad to welcome Dr. Reynolds on the show to talk about his research on these questions.
Nathan Gilmour talks with Christoph Markschies about his recent book "God's Body."
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Growing up under that Constitutional law, even as...
Nathan Gilmour interviews Scot McKnight about his new book "A Fellowship of Differents."
