The New Testament responded to the question of power with the figure of the Son of God who treated human power as a reality written into the creation – yet with a possible negative development: rebellion against God. A choice that Jesus opposed with humility: the pathway of liberation from the enchantment of dominance.

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Jihad Explained by the Muslims

Muslims have developed numerous conceptions of jihad in the course of history
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A Muslim Looks at the Cross
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Honouring truth to live together

In 1945 the philosopher Jacques Maritain, pondering pluralism and democracy, acknowledged that men having diverse metaphysical or religious convictions – or even opposing ones – can come together in the practical recognition of certain common principles, but he also argued that no society can live without a fundamental shared inspiration.
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“Love thy neighbour” in Islam

The tendency to re-interpret the Scriptures anew, word by word and without pre-understandings, is an important step forward