A few months ago I asked if anyone was up for a trialogue. How about a hexalogue? Six people from six different religions (yes, I do consider Mormonism and Christian Science to be distinct religions from Christianity) answered the question, “Who is Jesus?”
I think these kind of dialogues are very helpful because it helps create understanding between people. We all need to work on better understanding others. However, these kind of dialogues can also be dangerous because they make lots of people think that all view points are equally valid. They are not. And if you think I am wrong to say that, you agree.
Here are the videos of the men who answered the questions. Each had five minutes to talk about Jesus and how he is viewed within their faith tradition. Then they had time for Q & A.
Introduction and Mormon Perspective:
Christian Science Perspective:
Jewish Perspective:
Buddhist Perspective:
Islamic Perspective:
Christian Baptist Perspective:
Q & A, part 1:
Q & A, part 2:
HT: Muslim Matters
Dustin,
This is really interesting. Did you organize this?
Zach
No I didn’t. But it would certainly be something I’d love to do. Perhaps in Madison?
Would be great to see this in Madison…and include a “non-religious” secular/academic perspective.
Dustin,
Good stuff here.
This may be an ignorant question but, from the Islamic perspective, why is it blasphemy to depict Muhammad in a picture and not Jesus, if they are both equal prophets?
Mark
Mark,
As far as I understand it is blasphemy to depict Jesus in a picture. I’ve certainly not seen the kind of backlash against depictions of Jesus. Perhaps this is because most depictions of Jesus are at least done by those who are trying to honor him as opposed to those who depict Muhammad. There certainly depictions of Jesus that both Christians and Muslims should be upset about (including South Park).
Thanks for your reply, Dustin. I am enjoying your blog and learning a lot!