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Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light of the Cross
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Answering Islam evaluates the claims of orthodox Islam from a Christian point of view, appealing especially to the Qur’an and the Bible. The authors, a Christian apologist and a former Muslim, provide apologetic answers to prepare Christians for ministry in the Islamic context. This second edition contains two new appendices, a new preface written in light of September 11, 2001, and updated information throughout.
“This book is a theological masterpiece, the most lucid and comprehensive theological analysis and critique of Islam from a Christian perspective I have ever seen. It is invaluable as a tool for understanding the most serious religious challenge to Christianity in the modern world.” R. C. Sproul, Ligonier Ministries
“This book is a theological masterpiece, the most lucid and comprehensive theological analysis and critique of Islam from a Christian perspective I have ever seen. It is invaluable as a tool for understanding the most serious religious challenge to Christianity in the modern world.” R. C. Sproul, Ligonier Ministries
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| Publisher | 2nd edition (1 Aug. 2002), a division of Baker Publishing Group, Baker Books |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 368 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0801064309 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0801064302 |
| Dimensions | 15.24 x 2.54 x 22.23 cm |
by Jarmila Camier
Interesting book! Very informative!
by Hish
As a muslim, this helped me to understand a non-muslim’s view of my religion. I think it isn’t concise enough though, but anyone with an open mind will find this interesting as it pierces doubts into your beliefs.
by K. Moss
If I have a criticism of this book, it is that it repeats its content just a little too often. I would rather have had less repetition, and perhaps a little more supporting footnotes.
Overall, however, it is an accurate representation of the kinds of attack that islam makes on the Christian Gospel, as presented in the New Testament. All of the rather spurious arguments against the intellectual basis for Christian belief, I have encountered on the lips of muslim apologists over the years. The same penchant for taking biblical texts out of context, the same seizing upon verses that are cited to ‘prove’ some kind of biblical link to Muhammed – these things so clearly do damage to the clear sense of the text, as well as the supporting testimony elsewhere, that one cannot help wonder at the intellectual convolutions that must be necessary to sustain such positions. In short, Geisler and Saleeb are far from misrepresenting the kind of misrepresentation that I have encountered over many years from islamic apologists – in fact, I would say that they are understating the shockingly poor excuse for ‘scholarship’ that one encounters habitually.
Those of us who strive to sustain a ‘neutral’ position on the issue of islamic scholarship might well recoil from the implications of this volume, but my own experience in dialoguing would suggest that the level of misunderstanding and misrepresentation within mainstream islamic thought is, genuinely, that bad. Overall, this is a useful contribution, and Geisler’s case is assisted throughout by its moderate tone and clearly accurate understanding of the Qur’an.
by Amazon Customer
Very well written, easy to follow, a good study resource for a beginner
by Mr. Anderw M. Gibson
I found this book incredibly informative and despite it having Christian bias I felt it was a fare overview of the Islamic faith. I have found this book to be thoughtful and well written. It is a difficult task to write on the Subject of Islam as Islamic doctrine seems to chop and change depending on how you want to interpret the Qur’an and the conflicting principles that are engaged by Muslim scholars. However, I thing Abdul Saleeh has done a reasonable job on the main areas of dispute between Islam and the bible.
by Paul Dunstable
The one star reviews say it all. Arguing from straw man arguments and sometime emotion, plus circular reasoning this book has ruffled some feathers. It is worth reading because it is clearly written and well represented.
It could have further developed the problems with Islamic Monotheism, however Karen Armstrong’s book of God does that quite well.
Excellent primer on Islam and a credible defence, not all the arguments are water-tight, but the 1 star reviews need to address the content of the book, which is well research well written and does quote Islamic scholars.
by Deekei
Unlike many religious apologetics, I have found this work quite balanced in that they have tried and explained the basic views and beliefs of both religions from giving proof of referencing all the way.
The volume gives such a depth of Islam, and squarely, but fairly tackles and put to shame many Islamist scholars who had used misconceived or misunderstood Christian concepts for a fact. Well done Geisler and Abdul!
by Martti Ahvenainen
Very good and thorough work on Islam. It reveals how Islam is founded on all kinds of wrong ideas, misunderstandings and heresies.