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Identifier: lightofworldbrie00spe (find matches)
Title: The light of the world : a brief comparative study of Christianity and non-Christian religions
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Speer, Robert E. (Robert Elliott), 1867-1947
Subjects: Christianity and other religions Religions
Publisher: West Medford, Mass. : Central Committee on the United Study of Missions
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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cy of whatDamascus will vet see. The verse is taken from theSeptuagint version of Psalm cxlv. 13, with the additionof the words O Christ. It reads thus: Thy King-dom, O Christ, is a kingdom of all ages; and thy do-minion is from generation to generation. For twelvecenturies and more the sound of Christian worship hasnot been heard in what was once the Cathedral of St.John the Baptist. (Sell, The Four Rightly GuidedKhalifas, p. 20 f.) But on its walls still stands the ancient andprophetic word. BIBLE READING Tenth chapter of Romans. QUESTIONS What have been the varying estimates of Moham-meds character? What is the difference between Mohammeds placein Mohammedanism and Christs place in Christianity? Give some account of the life of Mohammed. Did his character change after reaching Medina andattaining success? Did Mohammed use violence, and has Mohammedan-ism relied on the sword or profited by the use of force? What is your judgment of Mohammeds characterand influence? Was he a prophet?
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Syria—Mohammedans at Prayer MOHAMMEDANISM 239 What are the foundations of Islam? Wherein is theMoslem idea of the Koran different from the Christianidea of the Bible? What are the merits and defects of the Moslem ideaof God ? What are the other main doctrines of Islam? Arethey Christian? Describe the five practical duties ofIslam. Give some account of the spread of Mohammedan-ism. How far does it now extend in the world? Give some account of its schisms, and especially ofBehaism and Sufiism. What have been the moral, social and political effectsof Mohammedanism? What have been its greatest defects? Point out the points of contrast and contact betweenMohammedanism and Christianity. SELECTED REFERENCE BOOKS Dods, Mohammed, Buddha and Christ, Hodder &TStoughton, 1893. Stobart, Islam and its Founder, Society for Pro-moting Christian Knowledge, 1877. Muir, The Life of Mahomet, Smith, Elder & Co.,1877. Margoliouth, Mohammed, Putnam & Son, 1905. Sale, The Koran, Warne & Co.

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