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Missiological models in ministry to Muslims / Sam Schlorff.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Upper Darby, PA : Middle East Resources, ©2006.Description: xix, 202 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 188108504X
  • 9781881085041
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297.27 21/eng/20230216
LOC classification:
  • BV2625 .S35 2006
Partial contents:
The nineteenth-century imperial model -- Five models of the twentieth century -- Qur'anic language and the Protestant Arabic Bible -- Negative uses of Qur'anic phrases -- Positive uses of Qur'anic phrases -- A "new hermeneutic" in Qur'anic interpretation -- An islamicized church in Islamic culture -- The object of Christian mission to Islam -- The theological evaluation of religions -- The contextual/theological starting point -- The cross-cultural hermeneutical method -- The church in Islamic culture: a Biblical theological model -- Appendix: church without walls and its meeting for better understanding model.
Summary: "Sam Schlorff has done a monumental review of the history of Protestant missions to Muslims. In this volume he has accurately and brilliantly critiqued all previous approaches. The author describes the various paradigm shifts that have taken place in the larger Protestant history as well as in the evangelical community in particular. Of particular mention is Schlorff's clear-headed thinking concerning the Qur'an and Islamic culture and how it relates to Biblical revelation. This book will be a major reference book for Christians working with Muslims for years to come."--Back cover
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Based on the author's thesis (Th. M.) at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA.--Acknowledgments, p. ix.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-198) and index.

The nineteenth-century imperial model -- Five models of the twentieth century -- Qur'anic language and the Protestant Arabic Bible -- Negative uses of Qur'anic phrases -- Positive uses of Qur'anic phrases -- A "new hermeneutic" in Qur'anic interpretation -- An islamicized church in Islamic culture -- The object of Christian mission to Islam -- The theological evaluation of religions -- The contextual/theological starting point -- The cross-cultural hermeneutical method -- The church in Islamic culture: a Biblical theological model -- Appendix: church without walls and its meeting for better understanding model.

"Sam Schlorff has done a monumental review of the history of Protestant missions to Muslims. In this volume he has accurately and brilliantly critiqued all previous approaches. The author describes the various paradigm shifts that have taken place in the larger Protestant history as well as in the evangelical community in particular. Of particular mention is Schlorff's clear-headed thinking concerning the Qur'an and Islamic culture and how it relates to Biblical revelation. This book will be a major reference book for Christians working with Muslims for years to come."--Back cover

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