nt Christianity used religion as a tool to enforce saving and increase accumulation, and the author lastly mentions that Islam orders working, too; but stands against the monopolization of the capital on some definite hands.
İntizam Seyda Durgun stresses that the world and the perceptions are changing and the humanity is seeking for the better and more beautiful continuously; and the most important goodness is Islam containing all of the good things within it. The author draws our attention to our need to a new understanding and world where all of the good things will meet. Exactly at this point, it may be many points where Islam and Christianity may come together. In this context, Durgun's article scrutinizes the change in the world, Jesus, People of book and turmoil; in addition to these concepts the article also takes the approach of Bediüzzaman Said Nursi on the Islam-Christian alliance.
İsmail Taşpınar examines the ascetic community of "Essenes" which emerged during the era of Jesus. The author firstly analyzes the structure and way of life of this community with their basic beliefs. Then, he talks about the holy books and the styles of worship of this community; thus he clarifies their relationships to Jesus and Christians.
Mehmet Ali Kaya discusses the Resurrection of Jesus. As all of the prophets, Jesus explained people also the "unity" and made them from the polytheism away. The author claims that because of various reasons, Jesus could not have understood sufficiently. Then, the prophet of God who was also told by Jesus has brought the claim of "unity" to three continents, so that one fifth of the total humanity could enter Islam and find the right way, and the most of the unitarian Christians reached the right way via the guidance of the prophet of God. On the resurrection of Jesus, Kaya mentions that even after the materialist philosophy and the irreligion stemming from this philosophy would lose their effects in the world, then, would Jesus come back to this world.
Mustafa Özcan studies the idea of salvation in different religions through the framework of turmoil and discusses evangelist people of turmoil.
Ali Murat Yel's article looks for answers of the kind of relations between the assassination attempts of Mehmet Ali Ağca to Papa II. John Paul and Fatima and explains the secrets of Fatima. The religious revival is not a phenomenon pertaining to the Muslim countries, but it is also to be seen in the West. The author criticizes the discriminative positioning of the West against the Islamic revival. Yel also calls our attention to the fact that the assassination attempt to Papa II. John Paul together with worship prayer has revived the religious awakening in the West.
Halil İbrahim Bulut analyzes Isawiyya group which is a Jewish sect. Bulut argues that after the Muslim domination in a vast geography, some thoughts and ideas among the Jews in this geography began to emerge. At this point, the author accentuates the significance of the Isawiyya sect under the leadership of Ebû Îsâ el-İsfahânî as to their claim of "the prophecy of Hz. Muhammad is only peculiar for the Arabs". The author introduces the sect by referring to its religious and political ideas. Secondly, he cites the rational, narrative and historical evidences on the universality of the prophecy of Hz. Muhammad.
Lejla Demiri brings up the Christianity according to Muslim theologians. The author draws attention to the refutations as witnesses to the religious debates and encounters betweeen the theologians of both religions. The debate focused on two basic doctrines of the Christian teachings, i.e., Trinity and Incarnation. This text also contains the views of Kadı Abdülcebbar who tried to discuss and refute the belief of the deity of Jesus theologically.
Ziya Kazıcı contributes to our dossier from a different aspect. He criticizes missionary movements. He touches on the missionary activities and their audiences, emphasizing that the missionary organizations recognize every places and areas as untouched and efficient soil to which relevant seeds sho