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Cross and crescent : responding to the challenges of Islam / Colin Chapman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books, c2007.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 400 p. : maps ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780830834853 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0830834850 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 261.27 Cha 2007 22
LOC classification:
  • BP172 .C418 2007
Contents:
Relating to our Muslim neighbors. Meeting face to face -- Appreciating Islamic culture -- Examining our attitudes -- Understanding Islam. What is Islam? -- Basic Muslim beliefs and practices -- Muslims at prayer -- The life of Muhammad -- The Qur'an -- Tradition (hadith and sunna) -- Law (Shari'a) and theology (kalam) -- Sufism -- Folk Islam or popular Islam -- The spread and development of Islam -- Branches and movements within Islam -- Issues facing Muslims today -- Women in Islam -- "Islamic terrorism" -- Entering into discussion and dialogue. Questions and objections concerning Christian practice -- Social and political issues -- Questions and objections concerning Christian beliefs -- Guidelines in discussion with Muslims -- A deeper look at the main Muslim objections -- Learning from the controversies of the past -- Exploring dialogue -- Facing fundamental issues. Theological questions -- The Islamic view of Jesus -- The Qur'anic view of Christians -- Crucial differences : the parting of the ways -- Thinking Biblically about Islam -- Counting the cost of conversion -- Facing the political challenge of Islam -- Bearing witness to Jesus. Natural openings in everyday life -- Using the Bible -- Starting from the Qur'an -- Explaining Christian beliefs about Jesus -- Some issues facing Christians today.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-389) and index.

Relating to our Muslim neighbors. Meeting face to face -- Appreciating Islamic culture -- Examining our attitudes -- Understanding Islam. What is Islam? -- Basic Muslim beliefs and practices -- Muslims at prayer -- The life of Muhammad -- The Qur'an -- Tradition (hadith and sunna) -- Law (Shari'a) and theology (kalam) -- Sufism -- Folk Islam or popular Islam -- The spread and development of Islam -- Branches and movements within Islam -- Issues facing Muslims today -- Women in Islam -- "Islamic terrorism" -- Entering into discussion and dialogue. Questions and objections concerning Christian practice -- Social and political issues -- Questions and objections concerning Christian beliefs -- Guidelines in discussion with Muslims -- A deeper look at the main Muslim objections -- Learning from the controversies of the past -- Exploring dialogue -- Facing fundamental issues. Theological questions -- The Islamic view of Jesus -- The Qur'anic view of Christians -- Crucial differences : the parting of the ways -- Thinking Biblically about Islam -- Counting the cost of conversion -- Facing the political challenge of Islam -- Bearing witness to Jesus. Natural openings in everyday life -- Using the Bible -- Starting from the Qur'an -- Explaining Christian beliefs about Jesus -- Some issues facing Christians today.

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