@book{66045, abstract = {{ 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. This 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. }}, editor = {{Nassery, Idris and Ghaffar, Zishan}}, isbn = {{978-3-11-143539-8}}, issn = {{2942-7975}}, keywords = {{Comparative Theology, Islamic Theology, Islamic Comparative Theology}}, publisher = {{De Gruyter}}, title = {{{Defining Islamic Comparative Theology}}}, doi = {{https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695}}, volume = {{Volume 1}}, year = {{2026}}, } @inbook{66048, author = {{Ghaffar, Zishan}}, booktitle = {{Defining Islamic Comparative Theology}}, editor = {{Nassery, Idris and Ghaffar, Zishan}}, keywords = {{Covenant Theology, Qur'an, Comparative Theology, Islamic Comparative Theology}}, publisher = {{De Gruyter}}, title = {{{Chapter 5 Covenant Theology in the Qur’an—Challenges and Insights for Comparative Theology from a Muslim Perspective}}}, doi = {{https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111435695-006}}, volume = {{Volume 1}}, year = {{2026}}, } @article{66052, abstract = {{This article examines the use of the Arabic term khalīfah in the Qur’an through the lens of its implicit historical-political theology. To achieve this, the study employs a comparative analysis of the concept of vicarious kingship within the Syriac tradition. The findings suggest that the Qur’an rejects the notion of a historical replacement or substitution of believing individuals or groups with new ones. Furthermore, it challenges the framework of a political theology that envisions the typological and eschatological fulfillment of messianic rulership. Instead, the term khalīfah primarily emphasizes the inherently political nature of humanity, in which each individual is continuously accountable to their Creator.}}, author = {{Ghaffar, Zishan}}, journal = {{Journal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association}}, pages = {{1--27}}, publisher = {{De Gruyter Brill}}, title = {{{History and political Theology: The term khalīfah in the Qur’an}}}, doi = {{https://doi.org/10.1515/jiqsa-2024-0016}}, volume = {{11}}, year = {{2026}}, } @inbook{60193, author = {{Ghaffar, Zishan}}, booktitle = {{Theology of Prophecy in Dialogue: A Jewish-Christian-Muslim Encounter }}, editor = {{Ghaffar, Zishan and von Stosch, Klaus}}, pages = {{161--184}}, publisher = {{Brill Schöningh}}, title = {{{Muhammad as a Prophet of Late Antiquity: The Anti-Apocalyptic Nature of Muhammad’s Prophetic Wisdom }}}, doi = {{https://doi.org/10.30965/9783657797264_009}}, volume = {{Volume 4}}, year = {{2025}}, } @article{54964, abstract = {{ Although Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ (Q 112) is one of the shortest sūrahs of the Qurʾān, it has led to an extensive commentary on its structure and content in Muslim exe-getical literature and in Western scholarship. This article takes the recent attempt to contextualize the sūrah in Western scholarship as a starting point and proposes new evidence for the nature of the religious milieu that shaped its form and content. It posits several “intertexts” of creedal expressions, which shed light on the discursive nature of the sūrah.}}, author = {{Ghaffar, Zishan}}, journal = {{Journal of the International Qur’anic Studies Association}}, keywords = {{Qurʾān, Christology, Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, Jacob of Serugh, Syriac Christianity, Credo}}, number = {{1}}, pages = {{19--45}}, publisher = {{DeGruyter}}, title = {{{The Many Faces of Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ}}}, doi = {{10.1515/jiqsa-2023-0012}}, volume = {{9}}, year = {{2024}}, } @book{66055, abstract = {{This volume examines the Rabbinic, Qur’anic and Christian understandings of prophecy from a historical and comparative theological perspective. The Rabbinic perspectives on the phenomenon of prophecy are analyzed in their historical continuity and engagement with the theological traditions of Islam and Christianity. The examination of female prophecy also occupies a central place here. Similarly, several contributors describe the deep roots of Qur’anic prophetology in the Christian and Jewish traditions of Late Antiquity and the Arabic context. Finally, the anthology attempts to reflect on these different theological traditions of prophecy in the Christian, Jewish, and Qur’anic traditions from a comparative theological perspective and to discuss the possible theological significance of this phenomenon in the modern age. }}, editor = {{Ghaffar, Zishan and von Stosch, Klaus}}, isbn = {{9783657797264}}, issn = {{9783506797261}}, publisher = {{Brill | Schöningh}}, title = {{{Theology of Prophecy in Dialogue}}}, doi = {{https://doi.org/10.30965/9783657797264}}, volume = {{Volume 4}}, year = {{2024}}, } @inbook{45701, author = {{Ghaffar, Zishan}}, booktitle = {{Prophetie in Tenach, Bibel und Qur'an}}, editor = {{Wacker, Marie-Theres and Bechmann, Ulrike and Langer, Gerhard}}, pages = {{11--36}}, title = {{{Prophetologie – Eine Annäherung}}}, year = {{2023}}, } @inbook{42342, author = {{Ghaffar, Zishan}}, booktitle = {{Normativität Heiliger Schriften in Judentum, Christentum und Islam}}, editor = {{von Stosch, Klaus and Tietz, Christiane}}, pages = {{67--91}}, publisher = {{Mohr Siebeck}}, title = {{{Kanon im Kanon? Herausforderungen einer koranischen Theologie}}}, volume = {{87}}, year = {{2022}}, } @book{46113, author = {{Ghaffar, Zishan}}, title = {{{Der historische Muhammad in der islamischen Theologie. Zur Kriterienfrage in der Leben-Muhammad-Forschung}}}, volume = {{31}}, year = {{2021}}, } @article{42341, author = {{Ghaffar, Zishan}}, journal = {{Der Islam}}, number = {{2}}, pages = {{313--358}}, title = {{{Kontrafaktische Intertextualität im Koran und die exegetische Tradition des syrischen Christentums}}}, volume = {{98}}, year = {{2021}}, } @book{46114, abstract = {{Review von Holger Zellentin, Review of Qur'anic Research, Vol. 7 no. 5 (2021) Rezension von Bertram Schmitz, Theologische Literaturzeitung, Nr. 7, 2021, Spalte 657-658 Review von Sebastian Bitsch, Der Islam, Band 98, Heft 2, 2021, 591-598 }}, author = {{Ghaffar, Zishan}}, title = {{{Der Koran in seinem religions- und weltgeschichtlichen Kontext. Eschatologie und Apokalyptik in den mittelmekkanischen Suren}}}, volume = {{1}}, year = {{2020}}, } @inbook{46116, author = {{Ghaffar, Zishan}}, booktitle = {{Der andere Prophet. Jesus im Koran}}, editor = {{von Stosch, Klaus and Khorchide, Mouhanad}}, pages = {{176--226}}, title = {{{Einordnung in die koranische Prophetologie}}}, year = {{2018}}, } @inbook{42339, author = {{Ghaffar, Zishan}}, booktitle = {{Streit um Jesus. Muslimische und christliche Annäherungen}}, editor = {{von Stosch, Klaus and Khorchide, Mouhanad}}, pages = {{99--118}}, publisher = {{Brill | Schöningh}}, title = {{{Der Koran und das Thomasevangelium im Kontext spätantiker Religionsdiskurse}}}, volume = {{21}}, year = {{2016}}, } @inbook{42338, author = {{Ghaffar, Zishan}}, booktitle = {{Streitfall Erlösung}}, editor = {{Langenfeld, Aaron and von Stosch, Klaus}}, pages = {{115--122}}, publisher = {{Ferdinand Schöningh}}, title = {{{Erlösung, Offenbarung und Schöpfung - Soteriologie als Diskurshorizont des christlich-muslimischen Gesprächs}}}, year = {{2015}}, } @inbook{42337, author = {{Ghaffar, Zishan}}, booktitle = {{Jesus Christus. Von alttestamentlichen Messiasvorstellungen bis zur literarischen Figur}}, editor = {{Fornet-Ponse, Thomas}}, pages = {{149--161}}, publisher = {{Aschendoff Verlag}}, title = {{{Jesus redivivus. Der koranische Jesus im Kontext von Prophetologie}}}, year = {{2015}}, } @inbook{46115, author = {{Ghaffar, Zishan}}, booktitle = {{Zwischen Glaube und Wissenschaft. Theologie in Christentum und Islam}}, editor = {{Gharaibeh (u.a.), Mohammad}}, pages = {{174--187}}, title = {{{Über die Bedingung der Möglichkeit historisch-kritischer Methode als Traditionskritik in der islamischen Theologie}}}, year = {{2015}}, }