Two of the most fundamental questions with which human beings must grapple are as follows: “How should I live?” and “How do I know?” The first question is obviously more urgent than the second, for we cannot put the business of living on hold while we try to figure out what is the best way…
Most Christians are likely to answer this question with an emphatic “yes.” Most Muslims, on the other hand, are likely to respond with an equally clear “no.” Despite the starkness of the Christian “yes” and the Muslim “no,” I would like to suggest that the two approaches are neither contradictory nor irreconcilable. In fact, I…
Why did Christians conceive of a triune God in the first place? Why did they decide to wrestle with the interminable complexities of Trinity when they could have opted for a simple, unproblematic deity? For Iqbal, the answer seems to be obvious, as already quoted. The doctrine is another way of stating that the Absolute Unity must…