Mahmoud Ayoub and Christian-Muslim relations

Yusuf, Imtiyaz (2024) Mahmoud Ayoub and Christian-Muslim relations. Oxford Research Encyclopedias.

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Abstract

Mahmoud Mustafa Ayoub was the foremost North American Muslim scholar of Muslim-Christian relations and interreligious dialogue in the modern age who offered new interpretations concerning the roots of conflict between Islam and Christianity. He also offered a new theological approach for building better Muslim-Christian understanding. Ayoub also made methodologically original contributions to the study of Shi’i Islam, tafsir al-Qur’an—Qur’anic exegesis, and building Taqrib al-Madhahib—Sunni-Shi’i ecumenism. Ayoub was born in a Shii Muslim family, he converted to Christianity, and then returned to Islam. Such a biographical background and scholarly formation enabled him to address Christological issues based on deep insights into the Qur’an and knowledge of Christianity, its theology, and spirituality. Though Ayoub remained committed to Shiism, for him Islam was an integrated religious tradition whose sectarian trends were not an obstacle to being a holistic Muslim.

Item Type:	Article (Electronic Media)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Christian-Muslim relations, Interreligious Dialogue, Islamic Christology, Tafsir al-Qur’an—Interpretations of the Qur’an, Taqrib al-Madhahib Sunni-Shi’i Ecumenism, Islamic history and theology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam > BP160 General works on Islam B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam > BP166 Theology (Kalam) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam > BP166 Theology (Kalam) > BP166.1 History of theology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam > BP166 Theology (Kalam) > BP166.2 Special doctrines B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam > BP171 Relation of Islam to other religions B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam > BP70 Biography B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC)
Depositing User:	Assoc. Pro Imtiyaz Yusuf
Date Deposited:	11 Nov 2025 08:51
Last Modified:	11 Nov 2025 08:51
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/124292

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