Somehow, neither feels appropriate, and for once, after a long while in history, Jews have enough political power to resist both. I'm not sure if all the Jews have updated their firmware to comply with the new situation.
There is also the fact that the term “Judeo-Christian” suggests to people in the West that Judaism and Christianity are similar, and that Islam is a very different religion. But, in fact, Christianity is very different to Judaism, and Islam is somewhere between Judaism and Christianity.
I would put it differently. For various historical reasons, Judaism is, perhaps, closer to Islam than Christianity. Judaism is different than Christianity for sure - but Islam is a total stranger to Christianity. Has been for, well, all its history. I can give my reasoning for thinking this (to my mind, without any normative judgment either way) - but what is your reasoning for thinking otherwise?
At a superficial level, Islam recognises Jesus as a Messiah (though not as the son of God), born of the virgin, and as someone who would return before the end of times. More deeply, Islam is similar to Christianity in its eschatology (resurrection, heaven, hell, the judgment day) and its centrality to faith, whereas eschatology has a much less significant role in Judaism, and it’s much less clear what Jews are even supposed to believe about these things. Then there is the fact that both Christianity and Islam (but not Judaism) are universal religions and that both seek converts.
Let me add that Judaism is the religion of praxis par excellence, whereas Christianity is the religion of faith (even faith alone for Luther). Islam emphasises both, but faith is very important. The Quran talks constantly about the believers, whereas Judaism is all about the Mitzvahs. Christianity has its credo and Islam has its shahada. Judaism has nothing comparable. Christianity has its heretics, and Islam has its kuffars. In Judaism, the closest equivalent is to actually worship other gods - there is no concept of believing in the somewhat wrong way, as in the heresies of Christianity and Islam
Oh, okay, we're talking about different things then. I tend to agree with you that on the level of imperialism, eschatology, etc, Christianity and Islam are fundamentally similar. However, I'm hesitant to call Judaism simply dissimilar in those terms because the reason Judaism is dissimilar here is simply because Judaism is a religion of classical antiquity. It is just more like the Greek or Roman religion than either Christianity or Islam (it is reflected in what you say about 'praxis par excellence' - this is not a real differentia, but merely the result of the accidental comparison with, say, Christianity or Islam.
What I was talking about relates not so much to the "what that is" question, but to the historical question of how those communities got along. In those terms, the more essential similarities and dissimilarities you mentioned actually could work the other way around. For instance, the crusades wars. The fundamental similarity leads to a treatment of hostility and strangeness between the two universal religions.
Being called “Judeo-Christian” is better than being called a “Christ-Denier” if those are the two choices
Somehow, neither feels appropriate, and for once, after a long while in history, Jews have enough political power to resist both. I'm not sure if all the Jews have updated their firmware to comply with the new situation.
There is also the fact that the term “Judeo-Christian” suggests to people in the West that Judaism and Christianity are similar, and that Islam is a very different religion. But, in fact, Christianity is very different to Judaism, and Islam is somewhere between Judaism and Christianity.
I would put it differently. For various historical reasons, Judaism is, perhaps, closer to Islam than Christianity. Judaism is different than Christianity for sure - but Islam is a total stranger to Christianity. Has been for, well, all its history. I can give my reasoning for thinking this (to my mind, without any normative judgment either way) - but what is your reasoning for thinking otherwise?
At a superficial level, Islam recognises Jesus as a Messiah (though not as the son of God), born of the virgin, and as someone who would return before the end of times. More deeply, Islam is similar to Christianity in its eschatology (resurrection, heaven, hell, the judgment day) and its centrality to faith, whereas eschatology has a much less significant role in Judaism, and it’s much less clear what Jews are even supposed to believe about these things. Then there is the fact that both Christianity and Islam (but not Judaism) are universal religions and that both seek converts.
Let me add that Judaism is the religion of praxis par excellence, whereas Christianity is the religion of faith (even faith alone for Luther). Islam emphasises both, but faith is very important. The Quran talks constantly about the believers, whereas Judaism is all about the Mitzvahs. Christianity has its credo and Islam has its shahada. Judaism has nothing comparable. Christianity has its heretics, and Islam has its kuffars. In Judaism, the closest equivalent is to actually worship other gods - there is no concept of believing in the somewhat wrong way, as in the heresies of Christianity and Islam
Oh, okay, we're talking about different things then. I tend to agree with you that on the level of imperialism, eschatology, etc, Christianity and Islam are fundamentally similar. However, I'm hesitant to call Judaism simply dissimilar in those terms because the reason Judaism is dissimilar here is simply because Judaism is a religion of classical antiquity. It is just more like the Greek or Roman religion than either Christianity or Islam (it is reflected in what you say about 'praxis par excellence' - this is not a real differentia, but merely the result of the accidental comparison with, say, Christianity or Islam.
What I was talking about relates not so much to the "what that is" question, but to the historical question of how those communities got along. In those terms, the more essential similarities and dissimilarities you mentioned actually could work the other way around. For instance, the crusades wars. The fundamental similarity leads to a treatment of hostility and strangeness between the two universal religions.