Discussing the Trinity with Dr. Dustin Smith (Biblical Unitarian)
Dr. Andani and Dr. Smith share their respective Muslim and Unitarian responses to the Trinity
This week I had the pleasure of joining Dr. Dustin Smith, New Testament scholar and research manager at Spartanburg Methodist College and host of the BiblicalUnitarianPodcast about Muslim and Biblical Unitarian responses to the Christian doctrine of the Trinity.
Some of the highlights include the definition of monotheism, how Muslims view Jesus, parallels between the Islamic Shahada and Rasul Allah and Unitarian readings of John 17:3 and the concept of Jesus as God’s agent, and how the Qur’an critiques the Trinity.
Our discussion covered the below topics with links to the time in the above video.
2:25 About Khalil
6:43 About Dustin
10:00 What is Monotheism
16:34 Jesus in Muslim Beliefs
28:08 Biblical Agency compared to God's "Messenger/Sent" (Rasul) in Islamic Creed
29:40 Khalil on Jesus as God's Messenger/Sent One in John 17:3
38:11 Dustin on the development of the Trinity doctrine
39:20 The Logos/Wisdom of God
56:30 The Early High Christology and the Politics of Christian Academia
1:10:29 James G. Crossley on New Testament Scholarship producing Christian results
1:11:03 Power Dynamics in Islamic Studies and the Study of Religion
1:13:40 Does the Bible teach that Jesus is God in Book of Revelation?
1:20:07 Does the "First/Last" title of Jesus have a more restricted meaning
1:23:22 The Qur'an's Response to the Trinity
1:36:20 The Qur'an on Jesus being created by God
1:45:50 Who or what does "God" refer to in the Trinity?
1:49:57 Muslim views on the Crucifixion of Jesus
1:54:42 Khalil asks about Penal Substitutionary Atonement
2:05:00 What Muslims can learn from Biblical Unitarians to refute the Islamic Dilemma