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Christianity and Islam are the two largest religions in the world, with approximately 2.8 billion and 1.9 billion adherents, respectively. [ 1][ 2] Both religions are Abrahamic and monotheistic, having originated in the Middle East . Christianity developed out of Second Temple Judaism in the 1st century CE.
The term Abrahamic religions (and its variations) is a collective religious descriptor for elements shared by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. [ 9] It features prominently in interfaith dialogue and political discourse, but also has entered Academic discourse. [ 10][ 11] However, the term has also been criticized to be uncritically adapted.
Huntington also believes that some of the factors contributing to this conflict are that both Christianity (upon which Western civilization is based) and Islam are: Missionary religions, seeking conversion of others; Universal, "all-or-nothing" religions, in the sense that it is believed by both sides that only their faith is the correct one
Christianity. Christians have had diverse attitudes towards violence and nonviolence over time. Both currently and historically, there have been four attitudes towards violence and war and four resulting practices of them within Christianity: non-resistance, Christian pacifism, just war, and preventive war ( Holy war, e.g., the Crusades ). [ 1]
The religion of Islam was significantly molded by Assyrian Christians and Jews. [ 13] In explicating the origin of the Islamic salat, academics state that it was influenced by the religions prevalent in the Middle East during the time of Muhammad, such as Christianity and Judaism. [ 14] The five fixed prayer times in Islamic prayer may have ...
The persecution of Christians by the Islamic State involves the systematic mass murder [ 1][ 2][ 3] of Christian minorities, within the regions of Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique and Nigeria controlled by the Islamic extremist group Islamic State. Persecution of Christian minorities climaxed following the ...
Religious violence covers phenomena in which religion is either the subject or the object of violent behavior. [ 1] All the religions of the world contain narratives, symbols, and metaphors of violence and war. [ 2] Religious violence is violence that is motivated by, or in reaction to, religious precepts, texts, or the doctrines of a target or ...
Religious responses to the problem of evil are concerned with reconciling the existence of evil and suffering with an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, and omniscient God. [1] [2] The problem of evil is acute for monotheistic religions such as Christianity, Islam, and Judaism whose religion is based on such a God.