Jesus and jihad reclaiming the prophetic heart of christianity and islam shedinger robert f 9781498220217 books amazonca. Jesus and jihad argues that in early muslim sources jihad stood for the struggle to transform a violent and unjust pre islamic society into one characterized by greater levels of justice and peace when rescued from his christian pietistic misinterpretations jesus emerges as a highly prophetic figure of resistance to the injustices authorized by roman imperial power. Robert f shedingers recent book jesus and jihad reclaiming the prophetic heart of christianity and islam argues for a constructive re imagination in fact reclamation of a pre religious prophetic spirit which was exemplified in the leadership of jesus and muhammad. Jesus and jihad reclaiming the prophetic heart of christianity and islam 978 1 4982 2021 7 paper available list price 2100 cascade books an imprint of wipf and stock publishers add to . As muslims reengage an authentic understanding of jihad and christians through a renewed understanding of jihad meet the prophetic jesus from whom they have become estranged a new era of christian muslim cooperation in the struggle against injustice can become the norm replacing the current antipathy dividing these communities with a passion to reclaim once again a prophetic heart in