Can anyone recommend Logos resources on Islam?
I have the Sword of Islam, but I noticed it only has a 2 star rating, so I'm not sure that is the best history available.
I would highly recommend What Every Christian Needs to Know about the Quran by James R. White.
Its very well documented, and Dr. White is on the frontline of Islamic apologetics.
I don't have these but they look helpful.
https://www.logos.com/product/46124/islam-a-short-guide-to-the-faith
https://www.logos.com/product/46125/muhammad-prophet-of-god
https://www.logos.com/product/26311/answering-islam-2d-ed
I have this collection but I don't recommend it unless you really want to get into the details of the history https://www.logos.com/product/16300/islamic-studies-collection
I don't have this but this sounds good (friendship evangelism), although according to amazon reviews may not make a clear distinction between the Christian faith and Islamic religion: https://www.logos.com/product/43260/muslims-christians-and-jesus-gaining-understanding-and-building-relationships
I would recommend this true book:
https://vyrso.com/product/35876/seeking-allah-finding-jesus-a-devout-muslims-journey-to-christ
I read it in two days and could not put it down. It contains a lot of information on the Muslim religion including a glossary at the end of the book with the terms used throughout the book.
Hello Kevin the following are some of the resources I have used witnessing to Muslims.
From Norman Geisler: Answering Islam The Crescent in Light of the Cross
Islam and Missions, Mohammed or Christ, and The Law of Apostasy all of them are by Samuel M. Zwemer.
Also look at Journal of Biblical Apologetics: Volumes 5,6,7,and 8 all of them talk about Islam.
I also have Seeking Allah Finding Jesus and I highly recommend it.
Lee
I really appreciate the suggestions. I'm going to start with the James White book.
I'm going to start with the James White book.
Good choice! I couldn't put it down the first time I read it. Devoured it in about 4 hours! Enjoy!
To the best of my knowledge, Faithlife offers nothing useful for learning about Islam. It offers a number of resources on how Christians view Islam. There is a huge difference between the two topics. Anne-Marie Schimmel, and A. J. Arberry were the major sources of learning about Islam when I was in college ... I am sure there are newer names e.g. John L. Esposito
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To the best of my knowledge, Faithlife offers nothing useful for learning about Islam. It offers a number of resources on how Christians view Islam. There is a huge difference between the two topics.
To the best of my knowledge, Faithlife offers nothing useful for learning about Islam. It offers a number of resources on how Christians view Islam.
au contraire! I have no idea if Faithlife offers anything useful for learning about Islam, but one does not have to be Muslim to provide something "useful for learning about Islam." To suggest otherwise would be a fallacy. [;)]
au contraire! I have no idea if Faithlife offers anything useful for learning about Islam, but one does not have to be Muslim to provide something "useful for learning about Islam." To suggest otherwise would be a fallacy.
I agree completely - my statement was less than perfectly precise. What Faithlife offers has as its topic how Christians view Islam rather than Islam per se. The belief system of the author is not relevant.
And Raynor was correct re: the Quran. I need to be more accurate don't I? [:$]
Ha! I'd come to much the same conclusion. There is this, though: https://www.logos.com/product/2570/the-quran
Ha! I'd come to much the same conclusion. There is this, though:
https://www.logos.com/product/2570/the-quran
The problem with just the Quran is a with just the Bible. It is often not what the books says but how it is interpreted.
Rose Publishing has a teaching guide "Islam & Christianity" on VYRSO that I found very helpful in helping an African brother who had a Muslim girlfriend. Those teachings really set him straight as to what Islam was all about, and he broke it off with his Muslim girlfriend. He now calls me his Christian dad. Let Almighty God be glorified!!!!!!
I have created an (incomplete) Reading List "East-West Religious Dialogue" - carefully copying reliable bibliographies without comment or imposing my opinion of the included works. In the (currently) final section you will find some sources on Islam.
Rose Publishing has a teaching guide "Islam & Christianity" on VYRSO
Rose Publishing "Islam & Christianity => https://vyrso.com/product/21016/islam-and-christianity
Truth about Islam and Jihad => https://vyrso.com/product/39052/the-truth-about-islam-and-jihad by a converted Sunni Muslem
Truth about Islam and Women => https://vyrso.com/product/39053/the-truth-about-islam-and-women also by Emir Caner
Searching Vyrso for Islam finds many eBooks => https://vyrso.com/products/search?q=islam&start=0&sort=rel&pageSize=60
Searching Logos.com for Islam finds 315 resources => https://www.logos.com/products/search?q=islam
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I think I have never seen a book about what we could learn from moslems, for example hospitality
This collection gives introductions and commentary on some important Islamic texts https://www.logos.com/product/49029/islamic-spirituality-collection
Classics of Western Spirituality: Judaism, Islam, and Native American Religions (27 vols.)
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Having lived with Pakistanis in the western world, I can say we do have a lot to learn in some areas. I dearly loved the Pakistani family that I lived with, by the time I left they called me their son, and I called them mom dad. I keep in touch even though I am back in America. I think there are constructs in any culture that are beneficial and deleterious.... Any way, Anees Zaka is the guy to read if you plan to be involved in this sort of ministry. He approaches the process from a place of equality, and then allows God to move. With proper preperation the methods can, have and are being leveraged to further the Kingdom of God. Start with his Muslims and Christians at the Table.
There are a number of titles in this I would like, but I seriously doubt I will ever see them in Logos since they are bogged down in this bulky, awkward, and expensive collection.
This is either tongue-in-cheek, or you are excluding from your experiential universe nations where Sharia is implemented. I have nice Muslim neighbors, also, but let's not get carried away.
I think I have never seen a book about what we could learn from moslems, for example hospitality This is either tongue-in-cheek, or you are excluding from your experiential universe nations where Sharia is implemented. I have nice Muslim neighbors, also, but let's not get carried away.
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Classics of Western Spirituality Bundle
Said it before and will say it again this set is the most important collection of works not in Logos and it is a serious shame it is not yet under production.
-Dan
It would be a mistake
I've actually been in Saudi Arabia, as a telecom engineer, and my experience is that the people are nice. Most of them are religious, I feel they are very much like the devout Catholics in Europe and the fundamentalists in US.
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stand on a street corner and proclaim
I try to imagine the situation, but the sunshine is so hot there that they would probably just watch curiously how long you can do it.
The point is that the people in the Middle East have preserved the hospitality that we have lost. Abraham himself in Gen 18:2-8 is a good example of extreme hospitality. Also Jesus belongs to that Middle East context - he accepted invitations for the meals by all sorts of people. Also Heb 13:2 is along the same lines, it uses the word φῐλοξενία with the meaning "loving strangers", although it is softened in most translations.
Veil - I agree - and suspect its not something one could know without having spent time with the people groups in question. Further I posit that it is not the religion that leads them to be hospitable but their culture. For more reading I suggest the OP do research on Hot vs Cold cultures. Fl coastal culture is about as close as I've seen America get to a "hot" culture (though I've never been to texas or arizona, etc). Largely this country (and canada) could be described as having a cold culture.While its true that religion informs culture, so does the weather. In places where it is cold all the time, people generally do things a certain way, and where its hot all the time, they tend to do things somewhat differently. Neither is right or wrong. No value call there, just a difference in approach to life caused by a sub-conscious & pragmatic response to the weather.
Classics of Western Spirituality: Judaism, Islam, and Native American Religions (27 vols.) Classics of Western Spirituality Bundle Said it before and will say it again this set is the most important collection of works not in Logos and it is a serious shame it is not yet under production. -Dan
A "classic" written with Islam in mind - Thomas Aquinas - Summa Contra Gentiles.
Further I posit that it is not the religion that leads them to be hospitable but their culture.
Yes, thanks for the reminder, you are right. The Christian Arabs are also very hospitable.
There are plenty of Muslims around these days. I suggest if you really want to understand them, get to know them. I learned more being around them and living among them in a just a few days than I would have got from a stack of books.
Gao, if there was a way to like your post I would! I think you have hit the nail on the head. The best way to learn about about culture, ethnic-social construct, language, is by immersing one's self in it and experiencing first hand.
I came across this, it has good reviews, it is from IVP and available as Kindle, so I would think that publishing this could be relatively easy for Logos and there would be customers in line waiting for it
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0830856552/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3L5N2K64SOV9H&coliid=I15CT8B0V0K1B6
I came across this, it has good reviews, it is from IVP and available as Kindle, so I would think that publishing this could be relatively easy for Logos and there would be customers in line waiting for it http://www.amazon.com/dp/0830856552/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3L5N2K64SOV9H&coliid=I15CT8B0V0K1B6
Thanks [Y]
"Muslim" is a very broad category, as is "Christian". I lived with "Muslims" in Saudi Arabia for 25 years, working with people from Indonesia (largest Muslim population), India (second largest population), Pakistan, Egypt, China, the United States, and many others as well as the Saudis themselves. (There is also the Shia vs. Sunni issue, and idiosyncrasies of Sufis, Druze, Alawites, etc. etc.) I have written about some of the differences in my experience, but Wikipedia is far more comprehensive. (Broad categories can be very prejudicial.) The bottom line is that Jesus died for each individual because of His great love, and I have found it helpful to approach each individual, with his or her own unique experience, as Paul and Peter and Jesus Himself, did.
I'd like to point out a few resources not mentioned so far which I found helpful...
A Wind in the House of Islam by David Garrison (Very good book)
Islam in Context, Past, Present and Future by Riddell and Cotteral (This is very thorough and good academic level stuff but not hard to read.
Islam: A Catholic Perspective (Don't agree but it is a different Christian point of view.)
Journal of Biblical Apologetic Vols 1-9 ( These are highly polemic but contain very interesting material. )Seeing that people are saying how christian perspectives on Islam are not very helpful I would highly commend the Islam in Context book. I have found that knowledge of the Quran is helpful but I know a number of Muslims who have memorised the whole Quran but admit to knowing little of what it means. Some good quality humanities style research is very helpful and this book will better equip you to understand Islam and the different sects within it.
The Study Quran, a New Translation and Commentary- http://amzn.to/1mdysX9
Thread here- https://community.logos.com/forums/p/119475/784739.aspx
Uservoice here- http://suggestbooks.uservoice.com/forums/308269-book-suggestions/suggestions/11042880-the-study-quran-a-new-translation-and-commentary
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I have this in personal book form someplace or another... The SAHIH BUKHARI is also available as a PB. You might also find these in your library --
Caner, Emir F. “The Doctrine of Jihad in the Islamic Hadith.” Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 8, no. 1 (2004).
Cate, Patrick O. “Islamic Values and the Gospel.” Bibliotheca Sacra 155, no. 618 (1998).
Chad Owen Brand. “As Far as the East Is from the West: Islam, Holy War, and the Possibility of Rapprochement.” Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 8, no. 1 (2004).
Madany, Bassam M. “The Trinity and Christian Missions to Muslims.” Reformation and Revival 10, no. 3 (2001).
Schlorff, Samuel P. “Theological and Apologetical Dimensions of Muslim Evangelization.” Westminster Theological Journal 42, no. 2 (1979).
Shehadeh, Imad N. “The Predicament of Islamic Monotheism.” Bibliotheca Sacra 161, no. 642 (2004).
Staley, Kevin. “God and Allah: Are They the Same?” Christian Apologetics Journal 3, no. 1 (2004).
Non Logos, I would suggest --
Al-Bayhaqi. Allah's Names and Attributes. Translated by Gibril Fouad Haddad. Fenton, MI: As-Sunna Foundation of America, 1999.
Azhak, Anor. Distortion of Islam. Bloomington, IN: Tafford Publishing, 2009.
Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad. Ahmadiyyat, or the True Islam. Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing, n.d.
Robert Durie Osborne. Islam under the Khalifs of Bahgdad. 2007 Digital ed. London: Simmons & Botten, 1878. (should be available on archive.org)
William Gifford Palgrave. A Journey Through Central and Eastern Asia, 365-66. London: MacMillan and Company, 1865. (should be available on archive.org)
Zwemer, Samuel M. The Moslem Doctrine of God: An Essay on the Character and Attributes of Allah According to the Koran and Orthodox Tradition. NY: American Tract Society, 1905. (available on archive.org or google books for free)
There are a few others that I've found useful over the years; if I can find references, I'll post them here.
Jens Christensen, Mission to Islam and Beyond
http://www.answering-islam.org/Books/Christensen/christensen.pdf
Not available in Logos (but should be; it's an excellent book).
Zwemer, Samuel M.
The Works of Samuel M. Zwemer (18 vols.)
I came across this book, bought it, and finally got it read.
It is up to date and I have had similar thoughts and experiences. Has a positive attitude throughout, and is evangelical.
Joyful Witness in the Muslim World (Mission in Global Community): Sharing the Gospel in Everyday Encounters (by Evelyne A. Reisacher, Scott Sunquist, Amos Yong)
https://vyrso.com/product/126054/joyful-witness-in-the-muslim-world-mission-in-global-community-sharing-the-gospel-in-everyday-encounters
This is an old thread, but I thought it is easier to add here than start a new one.
Veli and Kevin,
Although not in Logos or Vyrso, this book would come to close to it:
