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Seminar 8:
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Christianity, as much as Islam, has had a tradition of holy war. Just as one finds within the Muslim world a variety of opinions regarding the waging of war, similarly Christians have historically taken different stances, the most notable being pacifism and the 'just war' tradition. In this seminar Mike will examine the teaching of the Bible on holy war, and then compare and contrast Christian and Islamic positions on this issue. Care will be taken to avoid simplistic contrasts such as 'Jesus was a man of peace and Muhammad was a wager of war'. Mike will argue that justice needs to be done to both the teaching of the Qur'an and the teaching of the Bible on the 'struggle for God'.
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