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Cross and Crescent: Responding to the Challenge of Islam

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Features & BenefitsAddresses the contemporary collision of Western and Islamic worldviewsOffers a valuable overview of everyday Islamic faith and practiceOutlines cultural and doctrinal meeting points and points of departure between Islam and ChristianityDraws on the author's many years of experience in working with students in Egypt, Lebanon and Cyprus

346 pages, Paperback

First published October 1,1994

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Format
346 pages, Paperback
Published
January 1, 2003 by Intervarsity Pr
ISBN
9780830832040
ASIN
0830832041
Language
English

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HispanicPanic
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April 26,2025
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An incredible overview of Islam and Christian-Muslim interaction. The book also delves into religious-political challenges in the largely secular western world. An excellent book to read if a Christian brother or sister intends to relate well to Muslim neighbours, with systematic and in depth coverage of a lot of topics.
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April 26,2025
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Written from a Christian perspective comparing Islam and Christianity, this book feels nearly exhaustive in its scope of topics in regards to Islam. Chapman provides overviews and specifics of Islam in its various forms, and in the latter part of the book moved into Christian engagement with Islam and ministry examples and ideas.

A few finer points I disagree with (that Christians and Muslims worship the same God because they are monotheists) but overall a helpful guide along with interesting starting points for ministry to Muslims.
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BingBongMcgoo
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April 26,2025
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This is the first book about Islam from a Christian perspective that I have read, so I don't have anything to compare it to. I appreciated Chapman's irenic tone above all. I found it a genuinely Christian alternative to all the "West vs. East" culture war rhetoric that has been flying around, especially within the last 10 years. He is measured in his recommendations, and takes pains to allow Muslims to describe what they believe in their own words. That said, he doesn't gloss over the differences between Christianity and Islam. Some of the quotes are longer than necessary, and he repeats himself more often than necessary. Apart from those quibbles, I'd recommend this book to a Christian seeking to respond to Islam in a distinctively Christian way.
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azuriknight
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April 26,2025
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A great book, that did a great job at looking at all sides of the issue, fairly, and objectively.
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April 26,2025
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This was a surprisingly easy book to read, especially as it was designed to be a textbook. The author does not assume any prior knowledge of Islam and then seeks to educate and challenge a Christian reader regarding how to interact with Islam and Muslims. The writing style of the book is outstanding, and the book is very approachable and manageable. It seemed that the author was afraid to confront anything bad that has come out of Islam, or done in the name of Islam, but rather spent more effort talking about the horribly things (e.g. the crusades) that were done in the name of Christianity. As a result, I had mixed feeling about the book. So while I completely support what the author is doing in terms of how we interact with individual Muslims, I was not convinced regarding his methodology of interacting intellectually with Islam.
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xiecake
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April 26,2025
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This is a pretty new area for me and I do believe Chaplin's book has helped me a great deal. The author begins with the basics and progressively unravels what it means to engage the Muslim community in a dialogue about faith. He takes from history, other scholars, and other missionaries and provides crucial information that all Christians should know of before approaching someone of the Muslim faith. And he not only promotes knowledge and access to information, but also understanding and love while not at all downplaying the message of Jesus.
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Yureinokami
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April 26,2025
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For anyone in our post 9/11 world who has no idea what is going on in the Muslim world, this is the book for you. A concise and easy read, this book does a great job at giving readers a great introduction to the Muslim world.
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