Owning Jesus

It is strange to encounter Christian resistance to Muslim reverence for Jesus. Christians are often disturbed by the fact that Muslims regard Jesus with admiration and affection and yet refuse to deify him. As if deification were a prerequisite to reverence. Perhaps the underlying assumption is that, if you deify Jesus, you own him, and if you own Jesus, you alone are entitled to decide how he is to be imagined and valued.

Owning deity...Now that's a concept.