Muslims and Christians at the table : promoting biblical understanding among North American Muslims / Bruce A. McDowell and Anees Zaka.

Includes bibliographical references.

PART 1. THE VISION -- Why should we reach Muslims here? -- The growth of Islam in North America -- The black Muslim movement -- Sufism -- Motivations for conversion -- The U.S.: An Islamic intellectual center -- Goals of the Muslim community -- A lack of workers --

PART 2. UNDERSTANDING MUSLIMS' BACKGROUND -- An historical understanding of Islam -- The historical setting -- The life of Muhaammad -- Expansion -- The development of Islam -- Cultural understanding -- The definition of culture -- Cultural distinctives common to most Muslims -- Cultural differences among North American Muslims -- Festivals and pilgrimages -- Assumptions and stereotypes of Muslims -- Islam's own view of itself -- What should we do? --

PART 3: THEOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING -- Revelation: The Qur'an and the Bible -- Allah's mercy in the final revelation -- The meaning of Qur'an -- Historical development -- Divisional arrangement -- Qur'anic interpretation -- The relation of the Qur-an to the Sunnah and the Hadith -- Has the Bible been corrupted? -- Changes within the Qur'an -- Interpreting the Bible and the Qur'an -- Using the Bible and the Qur'an for witness -- Handling the Qur'an and the Bible -- The nature and character of Allah -- The nature of Allah -- The ninety-nine names of Allah -- The character of Allah -- The person and mission of 'Isa Ibn Maryam -- The person of "Isa ibn Maryam (Jesus, Son of Mary) -- The mission of "Isa ibn Maryam (Jesus, Son of Mary) -- Human nature and the effects of sin -- Human nature -- The prophets and sin -- The Muslim concept of sin -- Righteousness -- Living one's faith in the world -- Our role in the world -- Living one's faith in the world: the Islamic state -- Living one's faith in the world: The kingdom of God -- Spreading the vision -- Conclusion to Part 3: Theological understanding --

PART 4. REACHING MUSLIMS -- The theological basis for Muslim evangelism - The sovereignty of God -- Salvation only through Jesus Christ -- The cross of Christ -- Prayer for Muslims -- Worship -- Missions -- Salvation -- Eschatology -- How to reach Muslims -- Finding your Muslim friends -- Methods for reaching Muslims -- Principles of conduct for visiting a Mosque -- Developing your strategy for Muslim evangelism -- Guidelines for friendship evangelism -- Know your audience -- Develop a friendship and establish trust -- Pray for your friend regularly -- Share the Gospel naturally and Biblically -- Show hospitality to your Muslim friends -- Meet their needs -- Encourage a response to Christ -- Why there may not be a ready response to Christ -- Continue the friendship -- Cautions -- Testimonies of friendship -- Meetings for better understanding -- Philosophy of ministry -- Guidelines for meetings -- Topics for meetings -- The Biblical basis for meetings -- Practical suggestions for establishing meetings -- Testimony of God's blessing -- How meetings for better understanding are being used -- Muslim motives for agreeing to meetings for better understanding -- Qur'anic references used as points of contact -- Studying the Bible with Muslims -- The power of the Word -- Forms for presenting the Gospel -- Language -- Leading cross-cultural Bible studies -- The discipleship of New believers -- Contextualized discipleship -- Where do we go from here? -- An open door of opportunity -- Vision and motivation -- The changing mission field -- Training in Islamics -- Literature and media -- House churches -- The challenge --

APPENDIX 1: THE STORY OF A MUSLIM IMMIGRANT --

APPENDIX 2: A BIBLE STUDY CASE STUDY.

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