Naqd Al- Faruqi’s of Christian beliefs through his book “Christian Ethies” Critical Analytical Study

Abstract

Al- Faruqi’s character represents one of the most prominent contemporary Islamic figures in the field of religions studies, as well philosophy of religions criticism. This research aims to outline his critique of Christian beliefs through his book “Christian Ethies”, which served as a practical application of the critical principles he established for evaluating Christian doctrine. The research employed methods of inquiry, description, and analysis to gather material, describe its content, analyze the texts substance, meanings and purposes to arrive at judgments based on the results obtained at the end of the research. The research includes a methodological introduction, a preface, and three sections: the first introducing Al-Faruqi, his book and the impact of Western thought his approach, the second methodological foundations in Al-Faruqi’s critique of Christian beliefs, and the third examples of Al-Faruqi’s critique of some Chrisian beliefs. The research has reached several conclusions, including that Al-Faruqi’s has been a lot to identify distinct and new features in the Criticism of Christianity in terms of methodology and content. He surpassed the deficiencies that surrounded methodology with his Islamic theory capable of conducting criticism and evaluation with complete objectivity and neutrality.