Should missionaries keep the Muslim fast? /by Peter Robert Back.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 1994.Description: x, 137 leaves ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • BV4070 .S568 1994
  • BV4070
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Contents:
The Research Questions -- The Background Investigation and Research Procedure.
Bridge Building -- Missiological Presuppositions -- A Theological Motivation -- Chapter Evaluation.
(Ethnographic Background Investigation Findings for Questions 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7) -- Investigation Findings for Questions 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11 and Muslim comments concerning Missionary Motive and Integrity -- Delimitations -- An Evaluation of the Ethnographic Background Investigation Findings -- An Evaluation of Missionary Involvement in Ramadan in view of the Ethnographic Background Investigation Findings.
Fasting According to the Qur'an and Hadith -- The Development of Islamic Fasting, an Exception to Fasting: "The Feeding of a Poor Man" and the Abrogation of this Exception -- Ramadan: A Social and Cultural Event? -- Chapter Evaluation.
Exegesis on 1 Cor. 9:19-23 -- David A Black: An Alternative Exegesis -- Matthew 6:16-18 A Control Study for 1 Cor. 9:19-23 -- Chapter Evaluation.
There is a Biblical Alternativev to Fasting in Ramadan -- The Second Presupposition From Chapter Two -- Keeping Ramadan: The Conscience Factor -- Keeping Ramadan: Motivation and Integrity.
Illustrative Chart of Different Models of Contextualization.
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Chapter 1. The Problem

A Biblical Basis? -- The Research Questions -- The Background Investigation and Research Procedure.

Chapter 2. The Case to Observe Ramadan, Motivations, Presuppositions and Perceptions

Knowing and Feeling -- Bridge Building -- Missiological Presuppositions -- A Theological Motivation -- Chapter Evaluation.

Chapter 3. Muslim Reception and Perception of Christians Who Keep Ramadan

The Context for Understanding Christian Fasting in Ramadan -- (Ethnographic Background Investigation Findings for Questions 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7) -- Investigation Findings for Questions 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11 and Muslim comments concerning Missionary Motive and Integrity -- Delimitations -- An Evaluation of the Ethnographic Background Investigation Findings -- An Evaluation of Missionary Involvement in Ramadan in view of the Ethnographic Background Investigation Findings.

Chapter 4. Ramadan: Spiritual Discipline or a Social and Cultural Event?

Ramadan: Its Original Context -- Fasting According to the Qur'an and Hadith -- The Development of Islamic Fasting, an Exception to Fasting: "The Feeding of a Poor Man" and the Abrogation of this Exception -- Ramadan: A Social and Cultural Event? -- Chapter Evaluation.

Chapter 5. Does Exegesis of 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 Support the Case for Missionaries to Observe Ramadan?

The Wider Context of 1 Cor. 9:19-23 -- Exegesis on 1 Cor. 9:19-23 -- David A Black: An Alternative Exegesis -- Matthew 6:16-18 A Control Study for 1 Cor. 9:19-23 -- Chapter Evaluation.

Chapter 6. Conclusions

Keeping Ramadan: Necessary Comparisons Between Christianity and Islam, Based on Thesis Research and an Exegetical Conclusion from 1 Corinthians 9:22 -- There is a Biblical Alternativev to Fasting in Ramadan -- The Second Presupposition From Chapter Two -- Keeping Ramadan: The Conscience Factor -- Keeping Ramadan: Motivation and Integrity.

List of Illustrations

The Logic of the Thesis Presentation -- Illustrative Chart of Different Models of Contextualization.

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