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050	0	4	_aBV3540 _b.C663 1979
100	1		_aLenning, Larry Gene, _d1939-, _e1
245	1	0	_aThe concept of blessing and its application to mission in Islamic West Africa /by Larry Gene Lenning.
260			_c1979.
300			_a248 leaves ; _c28 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_a4.es.
504			_a1 (leaves 235.-248).
530			_a2
533			_aPhotocopy of typescript.
500			_aChapter I. Introduction
505	0	0	_aBackground for the Study -- _tOur call to witness to the Muslim world -- _tPrimary factors affecting the Church's mission to Muslims -- _tDescription of the Study -- _tThe concept underlying this study -- _tThe approach and scope of the study -- _tSummary.
500			_aChapter II. The Concept of Blessing in the Old Testament
505	0	0	_aDefining the Concept -- _tBerakah as blessing -- _tBerakah as gift -- _tThe Content of Blessing -- _tFertility and prosperity -- _tShalom -- _tHoliness -- _tPraise and thanksgiving -- _tThe Source of Blessing -- _tCommunicating Blessing -- _tThe spoken word -- _tSacred acts -- _tThe Concept of Blessing in Cultic Perspective -- _tThe cult as an arena of blessing -- _tBestowing blessing within the cult -- _tSummary.
500			_aChapter III. The Concept of Blessing in the New Testament
505	0	0	_aDefining the Concept -- _tEulogeo -- _tMakarizo -- _tThe Source of Blessing -- _tGod as the source and giver of blessing -- _tJesus as the source and giver of blessing -- _tPeople as blessers -- _tThe Content of Blessing -- _tContinuity of content from the Old Testament -- _tNew Aspects of content in the New Testament -- _tCommunicating Blessing -- _tThe spoken word -- _tSacred acts - Blessing in Liturgical Perspective -- _tBlessing in the environment of worship -- _tBlessing in the rites of the Church -- _tSummary.
500			_aChapter IV. The Concept of Blessing
505	0	0	_aBlessing in the Foundations of Islam -- _tDefining the concept -- _tBlessing in the Qur'an -- _tBlessing in the life of Muhammad -- _tBlessing in Sufism -- _tBlessing in Islamic North Africa -- _tThe veneration of saints -- _tMarabouts and their ministry in the religious orders -- _tThe sultanate and its sult -- _tConcluding remarks -- _tBlessing in Islamic West Africva -- _tBlessing and brotherhoods in West Africa -- _tBlessing and the rites of passage -- _tBlessing and Muslim clerics -- _tSummary.
500			_aChapter V. The Function of Blessing in Building Bridges to Islam in West Africa
505	0	0	_aBlessing as a Theological Bridge to Islam -- _tGod as the source of blessing -- _tThe blessing of Abraham -- _tThe wholeness of blessing -- _tThe communal characteristic of blessing -- _tBlessing as a Liturgical Bridge to Islam -- _tBlessing in the environment of worship -- _tBlessing in the sacraments of the Church -- _tBlessing in other rites of the Church -- _tBlessing as a Missiological Bridge to Islam -- _tWitness -- _tDialogue -- _tService -- _tSummary.
650		0	_aChristianity and other religions _xIslam.
650		0	_aIslam _xRelations _xChristianity.
650		0	_aBlessing and cursing.
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell