{Christianity and Islam}[16th May 1983]

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In case the connection has not been made within this book, last year (I believe it was) I clearly settled in my own mind the relationship of Christianity and Islam. Christianity is at the '+C' point of the Great Circles, and Islam is at the '+Mk' point*. It is as simple as that**. This is rationalised from the nature of their fundamental preoccupations as external religions, i.e. as publicly taught and practised: Islam is not identified with Sufi{sm}. Less certainly, Judaism (which is the clear root of both) may represent all (discrete) points on the Great Circles (and Buddhism, in its pure form, may represent no (discrete) points on those Circles); and Hinduism, being a collection of many opposing approaches, may represent the vertical axis that joins and includes both '+C' and '+Mk' across the horizontal. But I should not like to regard these two as certain.

*I am less sure about this now – or about whether placing them is important. <870812>

**Bear in mind that (whether right or wrong) a circle with Christianity and Islam on it may place them quite differently from one with them and (say) (Hinduism on it. The Circles indicate relationships. <880325>

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