TY  - BOOK
AU  - McDowell,Bruce A.
AU  - Zaka,Anees
TI  - Muslims and Christians at the table: promoting biblical understanding among North American Muslims 
SN  - 9780875524733
AV  - BV2625 .M875 1999
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Phillipsburg, New Jersey
PB  - P and R Publishing
KW  - Missions to Muslims
KW  - United States
KW  - Islam
KW  - Relations
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Christianity and other religions
N1  - 1; 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; 2; https://ciu.libwizard.com/f/copyright-requests
N2  - "The main idea of the book is to promote a journey of understanding between Christians and Muslims."
ER  -