{"id":48239,"date":"2016-01-24T17:34:24","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T17:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=48239"},"modified":"2016-01-25T18:07:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T18:07:27","slug":"juxtaposition-qutb-bahnsen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=48239","title":{"rendered":"Juxtaposition: Qutb & Bahnsen"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — edited version, see final para ]
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I’ve said before that juxtaposition does not imply eqivalence<\/strong>. It does, however, provide a striking means of raising questions, pointing up similarities where differences are also present and differences where similarities may be more easily discerned — questioning easy assumptions, in other words.<\/p>\n

In this juxtaposition, I want to make it clear that a small subset of Christians (Dominionists or Theonomists, here exemplified by Greg Bahnsen<\/strong>, lower panel<\/em>) like a highly visible subset of Muslims (Islamists, represented here by Sayyed Qutb<\/strong>) seek the universal imposition of what they believe to be God’s law.<\/p>\n

It is worth noting, btw, that Gregory Bahnsen was a postmillennialist, which is to say he expected, to quote Wikipedia, that “increasing gospel success will gradually produce a time in history prior to Christ’s return in which faith, righteousness, peace, and prosperity will prevail in the affairs of men and of nations.” The dominionist \/ theonomist movement in which he partakes, in other words, is one which is busy making the world ready for Christ, not expecting him at any moment before that work is done.<\/p>\n

Please note, also, that this juxtaposition does not<\/em> mean that Christian and Islamic apocalyptic movements<\/del> divine law movements<\/em> are “the same” — <\/p>\n

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I have now edited this post in light of Joel Richardson’s comment below, and removed the second half of my original post, in which I’d invited Joel to comment, which will shortly to be found in edited and revised form at Juxtaposition: Christian and Islamic apocalypticisms<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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