Comparing religions

Comparing Christianity and Islam:
the world's two largest religions

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Overview:

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are three closely related religions. Because they all revere Abraham and certain other patriarchs mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures (the Torah), Christian Scriptures (Old and New Testaments) and Qur'an as their spiritual ancestors, they are sometimes called Abrahamic religions.

The Baha'i Faith is sometimes also included in this grouping. Christians generally view it as a new, small, world religion, as do Baha'is. Many Muslims view it as an Islamic heresy.

This section of the website contains essays that give a very brief description of similarities and differences between Christianity and Islam. However it is important to realize that there are many different traditions within Islam and many thousands of different traditions within Christianity. Thus, one can precisely compare and contrast only one Christian tradition with one Islamic tradition. To do that thoroughly would require tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of essays -- a task well beyond the resources of this web site.

Topics covered in this section:

• Introduction. About the religions themselves
  
  
• Religious beliefs
  
  
• Religious practices
  
  
• Discussion guide. Other books. Information sources.

Related menus on this website:

	Religions of the world
	Can a person be both a Christian and a Muslim?
	Christianity
	Islam

Related essays on this website:

	Growth rates of Christianity and Islam
	Religious calendars

Copyright © 2001 to 2011 by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
Originally written: 2001-AUG-4
Latest update: 2011-JAN-24
Author: B.A. Robinson

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