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Identity and Religious Pluralism: A Reply to an Email

October 13th, 2006 | 3 min read

By Matthew Lee Anderson

I recently received the following email from a friend. I thought I would post my reply here. Read it below the fold.

Do you think that Muslims and Christians worship the same God (i.e. is Allah of Qur'an the same God as God of the Bible)? Obviously there are some major differences concerning how God is described in each, but do you think that means we are worshipping different Gods? What aspects of God are essential to believe in so that you are actually worshipping Him?

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Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.