Posted by Lale on 3/7/2010, 12:22:41, in reply to "Re: recent reading"
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: Actually, I guess I have recently become religious. I
: just joined a church for the first time in my life
: earlier this year. (The Episcopal Church, which seems
: to be the most liberal of the mainstream churches deep
: in the heart of Alabama.) This, after a lifetime of
: agnosticism, spiritual questing, investigation of
: Eastern religion, etc. Not that my spiritual journey
: is over.
That is very interesting, Sterling. What was the reason, do you think? What changed? Are you experimenting?
I am reading Midnight's Children, which I had missed the first time round (2009, August) and I found out that in India they call Jesus Christ "Isa," that is what we call him in Turkish too. In Turkey, there are many muslims named Isa.
From wikipedia:
Isa is an Arabic name corresponding to Jesus in English. It is a common male given name for the Arabs and Muslims.
Arabic-speaking Muslims refer to Jesus as Isa, while Arabic-speaking Christians refer to Jesus as Yasu. Jesus is considered a prophet in Islam (see Islamic view of Jesus), and his name is used in these two forms in the Qur'an and Arabic versions of the Bible, respectively.
Non-Arabic use
Isa is also a female name meaning "iron" in Teutonic, "rainbow" in Chamoru or a short form of Isabella.
Etymology
Main article: Islamic view of Jesus
The English form of the name "Jesus" is derived from the Latin Iēsus, which in turn comes from the Greek Iēsoûs...
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