<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I am working on a research paper comparing the religious ideals of the 3 monotheistic religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) based on interpretations of their holy books (Bible, Torah, Quran). I myself am Muslim, but I gained immense interest in the similarity of all these religions as well as their disparities. I understand that being Muslim people will claim that the paper is biased, but if I get it reviewed by a Priests, Rabbis, and Mullahs (sp ?), do you think I can get it published by a popular publisher? I think my paper will be very interesting, but I dont know if its worth the effort if people wont take them seriously. I have done extensive research on Noah, Adam, Jesus, Abraham etc its interesting how their stories compare and contrast by religion. </p>
<p>Do you think I should go for it? I thinks its become a passion of mine and I usually do research on this in my free time. Thanks!</p>
<p>Sounds cool … i wouldn’t expect publishment though.</p>
<p>Sevendust – I sent you a private message. Let me know if you get it.</p>
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<p>Why not? I personally think this is a topic worth reading.</p>
<p>Sounds very interesting – but I would also caution that getting published will take a great deal of perseverance, and be prepared for a lot of rejection. That’s just the way it is when you’re trying to get your first paper published. </p>
<p>Also, how is your paper different than Karen Armstrong’s “A History of God”, which is one of the best recent books to compare the three major monotheisms?</p>
<p>Well, I dont think talks about the prophets in detail. For instance, both Muslims and Christians believe in Jesus, but they have VERY different belief about him.</p>
<p>I’m a student.</p>
<p>I think that if you can add something significant to the topic that isn’t in any other work, you have the chance to get it published; otherwise, why would they pubish something that’s already out there in some form or another?</p>
<p>I think it sounds like a very interesting paper…and what may be unusual and make it stand out is the young person’s pov. Don’t worry about being accused of Muslim bias. There’s no rule that you have to be an atheist or agnostic to write an objective paper on religion. [While in college, I wrote and presented a paper on the Catholic Church and the Reformation. I am Lutheran, my audience was 99% Catholic. But I took such care with the topic, it was well received.]</p>
<p>Btw…What sort of publication would you like to see it in? </p>
<p>Admirable endeavor…keep up the good work!</p>
<p>Well, obviously the view of God is more or less the same among the three monotheistic religions. But their are key people in each of these religions (Jesus, Abraham etc) where some of the differences occur. These differences lead to different practices among the religions (ex. prayer)</p>