Toward Respectful Understanding and Witness among Muslims: Essays in Honor of J. Dudley Woodberry - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 087808018X ISBN 13: 9780878080182

Publisher: William Carey Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Fifteen preeminent Christian scholars of Islam present their latest research and reflections. The book is organized around three themes: encouraging friendly conversation, Christian scholarship, and Christian witness. Published in honor of J. Dudley Woodberry, it is more than a collection of essays by friends and colleagues. It offers a seldom-available synopsis of the theories of contemporary leading Christian academicians whose work is currently influencing a wide range of Christian institutions, agencies, churches, and individuals.

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About the Authors

Evelyne A. Reisacher obtained her PhD in Islamic Studies under the mentorship of J. Dudley Woodberry. She is currently associate professor of Islamic Studies and Intercultural Relations at Fuller Theological Seminary. She served twenty years as assistant director of L'Ami, a Christian organization providing care to North African immigrants in France. She also assisted in securing the Conflict Transformation: Creating Collaboration and Reducing Conflict in Muslim-Christian Relations grant for Fuller. Her current research involves exploring gender issues in Islam, Muslim-Christian relations, world religions and affect regulation across cultures.

Joseph L. Cumming is director of the Reconciliation Program at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture at Yale Divinity School. He also teaches courses in Islamic Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary and is completing his PhD in Islamic Studies and Christian Theology at Yale University. During his fifteen years in Mauritania, one of the poorest nations on earth, he served as director of Doulos Community, a Christian humanitarian organization working in nutrition, public health, agriculture, microcredit, and emergency relief. Joseph and his wife, Michele, a registered nurse, are parents of paternal twins born in June 1992.

Dean S. Gilliland is senior professor of Contextual Theology and African Studies at Fuller's School of Intercultural Studies. After twenty-three years as church planter and head of the Theological College of Northern Nigeria, Dean taught courses in mission theology, Islam, and African Christianity at Fuller for twenty-seven years. He is now retired and lives in Claremont, California.

Charles (Chuck) E. Van Engen (MDiv, Fuller Theological Seminary; PhD, Free University of Amsterdam) is senior professor of biblical theology of mission at Fuller Theological Seminary. As the son of missionaries, he grew up in Mexico. Chuck and his wife, Jean, founded a seminary and were involved in extensive theological education, leadership formation, refugee relief, and evangelist training there. Author of over thirty books, he is the founding president and CEO of Latin American Christian Ministries and has taught in over twenty countries.

Edition details

• Publisher: William Carey Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 087808018X
• ISBN 13: 9780878080182
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 317
• Editor: Reisacher Evelyne A, Cumming Joseph L, Gilliland Dean S