Schlagwort: Islam

Martin Luther, Vorwort zu dem Libellus de ritu et moribus Turcorum (Büchlein über den Ritus und die Sitten der Türken, 1530): „Aus diesem Buch sehen wir also, dass die Religion und die Zeremonien der Türken, ja, ich könnte fast sagen, ihre Sitten, viel ansehnlicher sind als die unserer eigenen, auch derjenigen, die sich religiös nennen, und aller Geistlichen. Denn jene Bescheidenheit und Einfachheit in Lebensweise, Kleidung, Wohnverhältnissen und allen Dingen, wie dieses Buch es beschreibt, ebenso Fasten und Gebete, allgemeine Versammlungen des Volkes, sind bei uns nirgendwo zu sehen. Es ist sogar unmöglich, unser Volk dazu zu bewegen.“

Vorwort zu dem Libellus de ritu et moribus Turcorum (Büchlein über den Ritus und die Sitten der Türken, 1530) Martin … Mehr

Listen Once More to the Savior – Christian Tolerance of Others Is Cruciform, Shaped by the Cross: „Christianity in Europe is facing an existential problem. It is not the increasing secularization of society, nor its alleged Islamification. What threatens Christianity’s existence among us lies instead in the fact that people do not really believe in the One who gave Christianity its name, nor trust his message or his work. Unlike unbelieving Thomas, people are unwilling to put their finger to Jesus’ wounds and thereby come to trust the crucified and risen Christ.“

The Lutheran „Crossing Community“ published the translation of my article „Man höre doch mal dem Heiland zu“ (which originally appeared … Mehr

Listen to the Saviour: “A Western cultural reservation makes Christian missionary work among Muslims in Europe practically impossible. Those who demand assimilation of religious faith – and not loyalty to the law, for instance – as a prerequisite for integration in society, cannot simultaneously attest to Christ’s surrender of his life as an act of redemption. Only from a tolerant minority position, which raises no other claim to inclusion in society beyond personal conversion, does our own Christian testimony remain credible. Thus, the state’s religious neutrality and freedom of religion in fact guarantee that we can bring Christ’s message into play without force in our society. Official Christianity still has difficulties with a minority position. Religious pluralisation and increasing distance from the Church do, after all, damage its own allegedly hereditary status in society. It would seem logical in this situation to defend claims to religious importance on a cultural basis. A religious conservatism that relies on maintaining culture, however, is an unholy matter. The only thing that enables hope and optimism for Christians is looking back at the cross.”

Schon einmal etwas von Qantara.de gehört? Nachdem dort mein F.A.Z-Artikel „Man höre doch mal dem Heiland zu“ sowohl im Original … Mehr