Thinking about Prophets: Muhammad in a Christian Context

The question whether Christians consider the Prophet Muhammad to be a prophet of God or not is difficult to answer. Finding an answer to who Muhammad is or can be for Christians seems to be a highly academic and very Western enterprise. Although the scholars taking on the question all have in-depth and serious engagement with Islamic texts and teachings, they speak from specific Christian position and cultural context In this article I argue that leaving out vast amounts of materials, such as those stemming from cultural differences and personal spiritual experiences, often leads to incomplete understandings about the role of the Prophet in the lived experience of the believers..