Muslim conversions to Christ a critique of insider movements in islamic contexts
edited by Ayman S. Ibrahim and Ant Greenham
- xxvii, 532 Seiten 23 cm
Zusammenfassung: Drawing on international scholars and practitioners in the fields of the history and nature of Islam, the Qur'an, Christian-Muslim relations, biblical theology, and practical missiology, Muslim Conversions to Christ presents a solid academic rejoinder to the IM phenomenon Cover -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.) -- Preface (Ayman S. Ibrahim and Ant Greenham) -- Reference -- Part I -- 1. The Patriarch and the Insider Movement: Debating Timothy I, Muhammad, and the Qur'an (Brent Neely) -- Introduction: Muhammad and the "Insiders" -- Disagreeing with Both Vigor and Charity -- Part One: The Dialogue of Timothy I and the Caliph Al-Mahdi -- Timothy I on the Prophethood of Muhammad -- Timothy's Context and Ours: Muhammad as a Prophet for Christians? -- Part Two: Talman's Prophetic Continuum: Searching for a Taxonomy of Prophecy -- Types or Modes of Prophecy -- Problematizing Prophecy: Prophets and Their Character -- The Qur'an as Evidence of Muhammad's Prophethood? -- Can We Jettison Islamic Tradition? Problems of Method -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part II -- 2. Building a Missiological Foundation: Modality and Sodality (Bill Nikides) -- Backing into the Debate -- Defining Ecclesial Identity: Modality and Sodality -- Winter's Two Structures -- Blincoe Furthers the Sodalist Cause -- Evaluating the Historicity of Modality and Sodality -- General Observations -- Evaluating Winter and Blincoe's Historiography -- A Historical Coda -- Notes -- References -- 3. Why the Church Cannot Accept Muhammad as a Prophet (James Walker) -- Defining the Term "Prophet" with Respect to the Church -- Biblical Prophets and Biblical Criteria for Prophets -- Identification of the Real Muhammad -- Criteria for Identifying True and False Prophets: Message and Morality -- The Qur'an's Actual Teachings on the Person of Christ and the Gospel Message -- Jesus' Message Versus Muhammad's Message -- IM Arguments and Objection to the Traditional Interpretation of the Qur'an's Texts -- Talman's Assumption That Muhammad Knew What He Was Talking About -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References