Yet despite these similarities, different interpretations of the two religions' theologies concerning the ethos and telos have created many conflicts over the centuries. Oddly, it is similar interpretations of these theological imperatives that has led to the misunderstandings between the people of these religions. Both religions have an underlying purpose, or telos, of reuniting its adherents with God/Allah after death through service and devotion in life (Smith 1991; Ibrahim et al. 1997). This has played out in different ways throughout history in the two religions; different sects in both religions have at certain times interpreted this telos in a way that demands the unification of this world under the theology of only one belief system. Certain branches of Islamic mysticism or Sufism promote the idea that this world is a fragmentation of the oneness that is Allah, and it is the goal of Islam to affect the reunification of the apparent separateness of this world with or in Allah (Ibrahim et al. 1997). When taken to extremes, this belief has led to serious conflicts between the followers of the Islamic faith and the other faiths and cultures they have encountered.
This same telos has been of greater or lesser importance during the history and schisms of Christian theology, as well. For Christians, however, the reunification with God in the afterlife is affected through Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection (Smith 1991). There are some differences in Christians theology on this point; some beliefs maintain that Jesus' crucifixion automatically redeemed the sins of mankind, while others believe that faith in Jesus as the son of God is required (Smith 1991). Other theologians and Christian sects have also placed certain requirements of behavior and/or confession on the idea of redemption, which is incarnated in the reunification with God, but this still speaks to the same basic telos.
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