What is the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Is it the stories about Jesus or his Preaching? Who wrote the Bible ? Was the bible corrupted as Muslims claim? Representing the Muslim perspective was Shabir Ally: Shabir Ally has earned a B.A. in Religious Studies from Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, with a specialization in Biblical Literature, and an M.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Toronto with a specialization in Quranic Exegesis. He is now in his fourth year of Ph.D studies in Quranic Exegesis at the University of Toronto. He is the president of the Islamic Information & Dawah Centre International in Toronto where he functions as Imam. He travels internationally to represent Islam in public lectures and interfaith dialogues. He explains Islam on a weekly television program called "Let the Quran Speak. He's the author of the book " Is Jesus God? The Bible Says No ! " Representing the Christian side was Sir Anthony Farquhar Buzzard: Sir Buzzard is a Unitarian Christian, He was born in Surrey, England and educated at Oxford University and Bethany Theological Seminary. He holds master's degrees in theology and modern languages. Retiring after 24 years on the staff of Atlanta Bible College, Anthony continues to write, teach and travel, fulfilling a life-long desire to make the best of Bible scholarship available to the wider churchgoing public. He runs the website www.Restorationfellowship.org Books by Sir Buzzard: 1- The Doctrine of the Trinity: Christianity's Self-Inflicted Wound (1998) 2- Jesus Was Not a Trinitarian (2007) 3- Our Fathers Who Aren't in Heaven: The Forgotten Christianity of Jesus, the Jew (1995) The Topic: What is the Gospel Jesus preached? An Interfaith Dialogue between Shabir Ally and Sir Anthony Buzzard ( University of Toronto, Canada July 1st 2000 ) For further information on upcoming or previous dialogues click here http://www.shabirally.com/debates.asp
