I previously made reference to Matthew 25 but didn’t provide any commentary about this specific passage. Normally, I post the scripture text at the end of my comments. Today, I am putting the passage ...

Jesus says in John’s Gospel, “I am the Good Shepherd,” but being detached from pastoral landscapes and lifestyles, we sometimes miss the implications.

The issues of anthropomorphism (tashbih) in Islam are over the very few anthropomorphic descriptions of God in the Qur’an, or the more frequent aḥadith al-ṣifat – traditions that depict God and His ...