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Religions and mission in the Arab world
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By Arab Vision & Interserve
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MARCH 2008: Is it vanity? |
With this issue, we finish our first three full years of work as missionary web publishers. It is great to see how our community of readers and writers is growing. Most of the articles of this new issue on your desktop are by authors who are first-time writers for us. We welcome Bill Musk, Abu Dawoud, Salim Munayer, James Hird and the writers of Sabeel.
Am I vain? I have added a link to our new blogspot as well. There we will respond more informally to events related to Church, Islam and mission in the Muslim World. If you are interested to be a co-writer for this blogspot, contact me. I am not so vain that I do not want to share… and change the subtitle of the blogspot.
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The Theological Challenge of the State of Israel |
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Written by Salim Munayer (Musalaha)
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60 years ago the state of Israel was founded. This created a massive theological challenge for Christians in Palestine. Salim Munayer of Musalaha (Reconciliation) describes these challenges and searches for answers. » read complete article
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Christian Community Divided about Muslim Initiative for Dialogue |
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Written by John Stringer
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On 13 October 2007, 138 leading Muslims signed a document called A Common Word between Us and You . They invited the worldwide Church to a dialogue with Islam. Christians have since then responded in many different ways to this document. Without going into the details of these responses, we present some of those to you here.
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The Sabeel Survey on Churches in Palestine |
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Written by Sabeel Organization
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The organization Sabeel in Palestine has done research among the Christians of Palestine, creating a document that gives us insight in their present situation. This Sabeel Survey on Palestinian Christians in the West Bank and Israel gives us information on matters such as the attitudes of those Christians toward Church and society. Interesting!
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Written by Bill Musk
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Bill Musk wrote a book, The Certainty Trap, about the problems of fundamentalism among Christians and Muslims. He describes his thesis in this article. If Christians and Muslims want to be able to live and work in harmony, both have to do away with their fundamentalisms. He criticizes certain eschatological approaches that are common among evangelicals. » read complete article
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Written by Abu Daoud
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In this article, Apostates of Islam, Abu Daoud, decribes the reasons why Muslims in the Arab World and elsewhere are turning to Jesus Christ. He also suggests what churches can do in order to attract Muslims to the Christian faith. Abu Daoud is a theologian who teaches at a seminary in the Arab World. » read complete article
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Book Review: Pilgrims of Christ on the Muslim Road (Paul-Gordon Chandler) |
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Written by James Hird
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Mazhar Mallouhi is a Muslim who follows Jesus Christ. Paul-Gordon Chandler recently wrote a book on Mazhar, titled Pilgrims of Christ on the Muslim Road: Exploring a New Faith Between Two Faiths. James Hird, a missionary in the Arab World, reviews this book. » read complete article
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Parable: The Messenger and the Prince |
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Written by Abu Daoud
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Abu Daoud advices us to use this parable, The Messenger and the Prince, when speaking evangelistically with Muslims. The parable is useful in societies where matters of honor and shame are paramount. Have a try! » read complete article
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The Missiology of Kamil Abdul Masih |
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Written by Rev. Bassam Madany
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We can learn much from the missiology of converts from Islam. The Rev. Bassam Madany wrote this article, The Missiology of Kamil Abdul Masih, A Syrian Convert from Islam to Christianity. » read complete article
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Newsflash |
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Doctoral thesis: Arabic Christian radio and contextualization |
Gospel in the Air: 50 Years of Christian Witness through Radio in the Arab World, by Jos M. Strengholt, can be purchased from us with a discount. This doctoral thesis was written for Utrecht University (Netherlands). It will be of great importance for anyone interested in mission, Church, contextualization, Christian radio, and the Arab World. The English book of 996 pages will be mailed worldwide for 65 Euros (100 US$) incl. S&H. Order through
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All the Works of Bassam and Shirley Madany |
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I am glad to let you know that we will soon begin publishing the writings of the Rev. Bassam and Shirley Madany here. This couple has played an amazing role in proclaiming the Gospel over radio to the Arab World since the 1950s. The Rev. Bassam regularly submits articles to this website, and we are glad that he and his wife agreed to create their own historical archives here!
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Create a link to this website |
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We are very glad with the many people who use our website and its articles. Our articles are downloaded a lot and we regularly hear anecdotal evidence of people using it. |
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