This book aims to illuminate Islam's rich theological engagement with the figure of Jesus, which can lay the groundwork for Muslim-Christian dialogue. This book explores the importance of Jesus in Islam and particularly Jesus's role in the narratives of Islamic Eschatology. Jesus's prophethood and his relationship to Muhammad are also explored. The book looks at various approaches to understanding Jesus in Islamic theology including the literalist, the modernist, and the interpretive. Jesus's place and his eschatological role in the Qur’an and in Hadith literature occupy a good segment of the ... More

This book aims to illuminate Islam's rich theological engagement with the figure of Jesus, which can lay the groundwork for Muslim-Christian dialogue. This book explores the importance of Jesus in Islam and particularly Jesus's role in the narratives of Islamic Eschatology. Jesus's prophethood and his relationship to Muhammad are also explored. The book looks at various approaches to understanding Jesus in Islamic theology including the literalist, the modernist, and the interpretive. Jesus's place and his eschatological role in the Qur’an and in Hadith literature occupy a good segment of the book, and His eschatological role is elaborated in relation to several other important Islamic eschatological events and personages: the Final Hour, the Antichrist, and the Mahdi. Building on these observations of Jesus's role in Islam, the book looks at the history of Muslim-Christian relations and argues that Jesus can be an important figure linking the two religions in the advancement of interreligious dialogue. The book also contains translations of Saritoprak's interview with Fethullah Gülen on Jesus and common ground between Muslims and Christians and a section of Muhammed Hamdi Yazir's Hak Dini Kur’an Dili in which he comments on Qur’anic verses 3:45-51 and 3:55.