EM028-812 - Muhammad: A Christian Perspective

  • 2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category developing unit
    B
  • evangelism missiolUnit Discipline

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code EM628.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of, and the research underlying, the life of Muhammed from a Christian perspective

B. Be able to

1. Examine the major events in the life of Muhammed

2. Critique the impact of Muhammed on Islamic belief and practice

3. Review the differences between Muhammed and Jesus

4. Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives on Muhammed from a Christian perspective

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying perspectives and skills from ‘Muhammed: A Christian Perspective’ to contemporary Christian life and ministry practice and as a reflective practitioner

Content

  1. Muhammad’s world- international and national background, social and religious factors.
  2. Sources of Muhammad’s life (Qur’an, Sira).
  3. Genealogy; Birth, childhood, life until his marriage to Khadija - character assessment.
  4. Revelations including borrowing and abrogration.
  5. His life in Mecca.
  6. His life in Medina; Muhammad and slavery.
  7. Muhammad the warrior: Warfare and Battles.
  8. Muhammad and miracles.
  9. Women and Marriages.
  10. Muhammad, jinn and magic; Muhammad’s “scientific’ teaching.
  11. Death and legacy – a comparison of Christ and Muhammad.
  12. Prophecies about Muhammad.
  13. Theological reflection and Christian responses to teach of the above topics as they are encountered during the unit.
  14. The Hadith on Muhammad’s life.
  15. Non-Islamic sources on Muhammad’s life.
  16. Later veneration of Muhammad.
  17. Revisionist views of his life – attitudes of various scholars.
  18. Christian theological reflection on the above topics.

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.


Prescribed:

Guillaume, A., The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah (London: Oxford University Press, 1955).

 

Recommended:

Armstrong, K., Muhammad: A Western Attempt to Understand Islam (London: Victor Gollanca Ltd, 1992).

Dashti, A., Twenty-Three Years: A Study of the Prophetic Career of Mohammed (London: George Allen and Unwin, 1985).

Gabriel, M., Jesus and Muhammad: Profound Differences and Surprising Similarities (Lake Mary: Strang Communications, 2004).

Peterson, D., Muhammad, Prophet of God (Wm. B.: Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007).

Saifur Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, Ar-Raheeg Al- Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar) Memoirs of the Noble Prophet [pbuh] trans.Issam Diab (Riyadh: Dar-us-Salam Publisher, 2002).

Warag, I., The Quest for the Historical Muhammad (Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2000).