Messianic Eschatology in the Abrahamic Faiths. The Mission in the Future E-Book

Emmanuel Wayi

• Herausgeber: GRIN Publishing
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

Scientific Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Theology - Comparative Religion Studies, grade: 1, University of Geneva (Ecumenical Institute), course: Inter-faith dialogue and Migration, language: English, abstract: This paper tries to find common ground between Christianity, Islam and Judaism on the issue of what they believe and hope for. All these faiths seem to have the same belief in a Messiah who will come for a particular mission later on in the future for the benefit of all humans. They may refer to these messianic figures differently but careful studies have shown that the expected duties are the same in the three Abrahamic faiths. Did you know that the Christians are expecting a Messiah? Did you know that the Muslims are expecting a Mahdi? Did you know that the Jews are expecting a Mashiach? This paper analyses their coming and purposes and shows how they are supposed to meet and agree somewhere while we fight and disagree here. If we can understand and see the commonalities, then there is absolutely no need to promote our differences at the expense of being united. Find out for yourself.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION

DEFINITION OF TERMS

MESSIAH IN JUDAISM

MESSIAH IN ISLAM

MESSIAH IN CHRISTIANITY

SHARED MESSIANIC EXPECTATIONS BETWEEN THE ABRAHAMIC FAITHS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION

The terminology “Abrahamic faiths” refers to the three biggest religions in the world; Christianity, Islam and Judaism that claim a common origin from the figure of Abraham as a prototype. There are very many common issues between these three faiths and one of them is the fact that they all believe in the coming of a Messiah.[1] The purposes for which these Messiahs are to come may differ according to the different faiths expressions but the common goal in all three faiths is that the Messiahs are to come for a mission. These missions are embedded in the hopes and anticipations of the various faiths and these missions are yet to be fulfilled. Thus we can refer to this situation as the Messianic eschatological missions in the Abrahamic faiths.

In this work, I have tried to depend on existing documents on the Messianic figures in the three faiths. The lectures in the 2015/2016 interfaith course has helped to develop this piece of work and most importantly, my discussion with the course attendants have boosted the confidence with which this paper is presented. Casual question-answer sessions during breaks and out of class gave me the full insight I needed to attempt into this topic. But the limitation of this paper is that it a glance over the issue of Messiahship in interfaith based on the limit I had.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

Before we move into the work proper, let us consider the following terms:

Messiah

Summarily and according to Hastings, J. (1916) the term refers to the belief in one who will come as the savior or redeemer or liberator of a group of people in accordance with a standing prophetic utterance. In some cases, the Messiah is expected to be a divine figure or human figure with divine influence. There is also the belief that the coming of the Messiah ushers a new age or world order in which the Messiah will be in charge, (Reventlow, H.G: 1997). The contents of the Messiah in Islam and Judaism are closely related in that they talk of a man in real life but Christianity looks to a super being who is both divine and human at the same time.

Eschatology