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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: " Over the last decades, Comparative Theology has established itself in varying
    methodological ways while considering the reality and plurality of religions.
    Although Comparative Theology can be a confessional or a non-confessional endeavor,
    most protagonists and theorists have been Western Christians. This could lead
    to the conclusion that Comparative Theology is in fact a Christian undertaking
    and implicitly or explicitly bound to conceptions like Christology. Furthermore,
    it could be argued that there is a certain asymmetry of power in the discourse
    between religions when the parameters of Comparative Theology are defined mainly
    by Christian theologians.\r\n\r\nThis volume aims to be the first step to programmatically
    and conceptionally explore the possibility of a genuinely Islamic Comparative
    Theology in a constructive endeavor. This endeavor should neither be misunderstood
    as an apologetic questioning of the status quo in Comparative Theology nor as
    a project that deconstructs Comparative Theology. Rather, by searching for new
    approaches from the Islamic traditions it opens up ways and forms of learning,
    hermeneutically complementary with prominent attitudes, methods in Comparative
    Theology. "
citation:
  ama: Nassery I, Ghaffar Z, eds. <i>Defining Islamic Comparative Theology</i>. Vol
    Volume 1. De Gruyter; 2026. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695">https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695</a>
  apa: 'Nassery, I., &#38; Ghaffar, Z. (Eds.). (2026). <i>Defining Islamic Comparative
    Theology: Vol. Volume 1</i>. De Gruyter. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695">https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695</a>'
  bibtex: '@book{Nassery_Ghaffar_2026, place={Berlin}, series={Comparative Theology,
    Islam, and Society}, title={Defining Islamic Comparative Theology}, volume={Volume
    1}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695">https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695</a>},
    publisher={De Gruyter}, year={2026}, collection={Comparative Theology, Islam,
    and Society} }'
  chicago: 'Nassery, Idris, and Zishan Ghaffar, eds. <i>Defining Islamic Comparative
    Theology</i>. Vol. Volume 1. Comparative Theology, Islam, and Society. Berlin:
    De Gruyter, 2026. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695">https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695</a>.'
  ieee: 'I. Nassery and Z. Ghaffar, Eds., <i>Defining Islamic Comparative Theology</i>,
    vol. Volume 1. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2026.'
  mla: Nassery, Idris, and Zishan Ghaffar, editors. <i>Defining Islamic Comparative
    Theology</i>. De Gruyter, 2026, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695">https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695</a>.
  short: I. Nassery, Z. Ghaffar, eds., Defining Islamic Comparative Theology, De Gruyter,
    Berlin, 2026.
date_created: 2026-06-25T19:15:08Z
date_updated: 2026-06-25T19:17:31Z
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  last_name: Ghaffar
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author:
- first_name: Zishan
  full_name: Ghaffar, Zishan
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citation:
  ama: 'Ghaffar Z. Chapter 5 Covenant Theology in the Qur’an—Challenges and Insights
    for Comparative Theology from a Muslim Perspective. In: Nassery I, Ghaffar Z,
    eds. <i>Defining Islamic Comparative Theology</i>. Vol Volume 1. Comparative Theology,
    Islam, and Society. De Gruyter; 2026. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695-006">https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695-006</a>'
  apa: 'Ghaffar, Z. (2026). Chapter 5 Covenant Theology in the Qur’an—Challenges and
    Insights for Comparative Theology from a Muslim Perspective. In I. Nassery &#38;
    Z. Ghaffar (Eds.), <i>Defining Islamic Comparative Theology: Vol. Volume 1</i>.
    De Gruyter. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695-006">https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695-006</a>'
  bibtex: '@inbook{Ghaffar_2026, place={Berlin}, series={Comparative Theology, Islam,
    and Society}, title={Chapter 5 Covenant Theology in the Qur’an—Challenges and
    Insights for Comparative Theology from a Muslim Perspective}, volume={Volume 1},
    DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695-006">https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695-006</a>},
    booktitle={Defining Islamic Comparative Theology}, publisher={De Gruyter}, author={Ghaffar,
    Zishan}, editor={Nassery, Idris  and Ghaffar, Zishan}, year={2026}, collection={Comparative
    Theology, Islam, and Society} }'
  chicago: 'Ghaffar, Zishan. “Chapter 5 Covenant Theology in the Qur’an—Challenges
    and Insights for Comparative Theology from a Muslim Perspective.” In <i>Defining
    Islamic Comparative Theology</i>, edited by Idris  Nassery and Zishan Ghaffar,
    Vol. Volume 1. Comparative Theology, Islam, and Society. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2026.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695-006">https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695-006</a>.'
  ieee: 'Z. Ghaffar, “Chapter 5 Covenant Theology in the Qur’an—Challenges and Insights
    for Comparative Theology from a Muslim Perspective,” in <i>Defining Islamic Comparative
    Theology</i>, vol. Volume 1, I. Nassery and Z. Ghaffar, Eds. Berlin: De Gruyter,
    2026.'
  mla: Ghaffar, Zishan. “Chapter 5 Covenant Theology in the Qur’an—Challenges and
    Insights for Comparative Theology from a Muslim Perspective.” <i>Defining Islamic
    Comparative Theology</i>, edited by Idris  Nassery and Zishan Ghaffar, vol. Volume
    1, De Gruyter, 2026, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695-006">https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695-006</a>.
  short: 'Z. Ghaffar, in: I. Nassery, Z. Ghaffar (Eds.), Defining Islamic Comparative
    Theology, De Gruyter, Berlin, 2026.'
date_created: 2026-06-25T19:22:29Z
date_updated: 2026-06-25T19:22:53Z
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  last_name: Nassery
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  full_name: Ghaffar, Zishan
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- Covenant Theology
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