Joyful Witness in the Muslim World: Sharing the Gospel in Everyday Encounters

by Evelyne A. Reisacher, Scott Sunquist (Editor), Amos Yong (Editor)

Overview

Christianity Today Book Award Winner
ASM (American Society of Missiology) Book of the Year Award

This up-to-date textbook features global perspectives on current Christian engagement with Islam, equipping readers for mission among Muslims. Evelyne Reisacher, who has worked extensively with Muslims in Europe, helps readers move from fear to joy as they share the gospel with Muslims. Reisacher surveys areas where Muslims and Christians encounter one another in the twenty-first century, highlighting innovative models of Christian witness in everyday life. Drawing on insights from global Christianity, this survey takes account of diverse conceptions of Muslim-Christian relations. The book may surprise those who believe mission among Muslims is nearly impossible.

This is the first book in the Mission in Global Community series, which reframes missiological themes and studies for students around the common theme of mission as partnership with others. Series authors draw upon their own global experience and that of their global colleagues to illumine present realities and chart a course into the future. Series editors are Scott W. Sunquist and Amos Yong.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801030840
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/20/2016
Series:	Mission in Global Community
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Evelyne A. Reisacher (d. 2019; PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) was associate professor of Islamic studies and intercultural relations in the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, where she taught for fifteen years. She spent over a decade in leadership in L'Ami, a Paris-based Christian organization, facilitating relationships between churches and North African immigrants and developing courses, teaching tools, and seminars for sharing the gospel cross-culturally. She also trained Christian leaders and church members in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

Table of Contents

Contents
Series Preface
Introduction
1. Toward Joyful Witness
2. Muslim-Christian Attachment
3. Connecting with iMuslims
4. Joyful Witness through Art
5. Thinking Green in Sharing the Gospel
6. Caring for the Needy
7. Meeting Muslim Urbanites
8. Theological Conversations
Conclusion
Index