The concept of blessing and its application to mission in Islamic West Africa /by Larry Gene Lenning.
- 1979.
- 248 leaves ; 28 cm.
Chapter I. Introduction Chapter II. The Concept of Blessing in the Old Testament Chapter III. The Concept of Blessing in the New Testament Chapter IV. The Concept of Blessing Chapter V. The Function of Blessing in Building Bridges to Islam in West Africa
Background for the Study -- Our call to witness to the Muslim world -- Primary factors affecting the Church's mission to Muslims -- Description of the Study -- The concept underlying this study -- The approach and scope of the study -- Summary. Defining the Concept -- Berakah as blessing -- Berakah as gift -- The Content of Blessing -- Fertility and prosperity -- Shalom -- Holiness -- Praise and thanksgiving -- The Source of Blessing -- Communicating Blessing -- The spoken word -- Sacred acts -- The Concept of Blessing in Cultic Perspective -- The cult as an arena of blessing -- Bestowing blessing within the cult -- Summary. Defining the Concept -- Eulogeo -- Makarizo -- The Source of Blessing -- God as the source and giver of blessing -- Jesus as the source and giver of blessing -- People as blessers -- The Content of Blessing -- Continuity of content from the Old Testament -- New Aspects of content in the New Testament -- Communicating Blessing -- The spoken word -- Sacred acts - Blessing in Liturgical Perspective -- Blessing in the environment of worship -- Blessing in the rites of the Church -- Summary. Blessing in the Foundations of Islam -- Defining the concept -- Blessing in the Qur'an -- Blessing in the life of Muhammad -- Blessing in Sufism -- Blessing in Islamic North Africa -- The veneration of saints -- Marabouts and their ministry in the religious orders -- The sultanate and its sult -- Concluding remarks -- Blessing in Islamic West Africva -- Blessing and brotherhoods in West Africa -- Blessing and the rites of passage -- Blessing and Muslim clerics -- Summary. Blessing as a Theological Bridge to Islam -- God as the source of blessing -- The blessing of Abraham -- The wholeness of blessing -- The communal characteristic of blessing -- Blessing as a Liturgical Bridge to Islam -- Blessing in the environment of worship -- Blessing in the sacraments of the Church -- Blessing in other rites of the Church -- Blessing as a Missiological Bridge to Islam -- Witness -- Dialogue -- Service -- Summary.
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Christianity and other religions--Islam. Islam--Relations--Christianity. Blessing and cursing.