My Neighbour's Faith: Islam Explained for Christians

by John Azumah, Dr. Kwame Bediako (Foreword by)

Overview

Islam and Christianity have coexisted in Africa for many years. African Muslims and Christians share kinship ties, languages and citizenship and have often lived together in peace. Yet today new forces threaten this harmony. Clashes between Christians and Muslims have become common in places like Sudan, Nigeria and Ivory Coast. Why?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789966805027
Publisher:	Hippo Books
Publication date:	09/01/2008
Series:	Hippo Series
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

John Azumah is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana. John did his doctoral work with the University of Birmingham, UK, on Islam in Africa and Christian-Muslim relations. He is currently an associate professor of World Christianity and Islam at Columbia Theological Seminary, USA. Before that, Dr. Azumah served as lecturer in Islamic and Mission studies and director of the Centre for Islamic Studies at the London School of Theology in the United Kingdom. He has taught in theological seminaries in India, South Africa, and Ghana and was a research fellow at the Akrofi-Christaller Institute in Ghana. John is author of The Legacy of Arab-Islam in Africa: A Quest for Inter-Religious Dialogue (2001) and My Neighbour's Faith: Islam Explained for Christian (2008).

Table of Contents

Foreword ix Acknowledgements xi
1 Introduction 1
2 The Challenges Posed by Islam 6
3 Islam: Its Context, Prophet and Early History 15
4 Mainstream Muslim Beliefs and Practices 28
5 Scripture (Qur'an) and Tradition (Hadith) 45
6 Main Divisions and Movements Within Islam 53
7 Islamic Law (Shari'ah) 62
8 Islamic Teaching on Women 79
9 Islamic Teaching on People of Other Faiths 87
10 Jesus in Islam 100
11 A Christian Response to Islam 122
12 Key Theological and Missiological Questions 139 Appendix 157 Key Qur'anic Passages, Organised Thematically 157 Further Reading 159