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Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light of the Cross
written by Norman L., Geisler, Abdul, Saleeb
Studio : Baker Books
by Baker Books
Publisher : Baker Books
Released : 2002-08-01
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Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780801064302
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 92 reviews)
List Price : $18.99
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What are the fundamental beliefs of Islam and how can Christians respond to them? Answering Islam evaluates the claims of orthodox Islam and examines the evidence for the Christian counterclaim, preparing you with strong apologetic answers. This revised edition contains more resources and updated information throughout. |
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Geisler is clear, concise and to the point, as usual. |
Since I don't want to repeat the excellent points made in other reviews just let me say I had the book for a year before I read it. I thought it might be dry or boring. It was the opposite.
Geisler is clear, concise and to the point, as usual.
The first third of the book gives an overview of Islam from an Islamic perspective, the second third critiques the basic beliefs of Islam explained in the first third; and the last third Christian counterclaims are examined. |
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Best Christian critque of Islam |
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Norm has done it again. An extremely fair assessment of Islam. Quotes Quran, Hadith, and many reputable Muslim theologians to convey Islamic teaching before refuting it. Very good book for any Christian. |
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My online name is Akilah but I am Christian |
I highly recommend to you the 2nd edition this book (even though I possess the first edition printed in 1993). I have read the 1993 edition through many times; I have highlighted it and dog-eared it and passed it on to others as well (always with the understanding that I MUST get my copy back). I will purchase this new edition to take advantage of the new section on African Americans in Islam.
Pros: If you are a Christian, this book will provide for you a general overview (as admitted by many reviewers here) of the doctrines of the Islam FROM A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE. A clearer understanding will be gained as to why a Muslim might state to you, for example, that Bible Scriptures referring to Jesus such as Deuteronomy 18:15 (The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear ... ) and the gift of the Holy Spirit such as John 14:16 (And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever ... ) actually refer to the Prophet Muhammad. Also, one will be provided an inital biography of Prophet Muhammad as well as the doctrine and characteristics of the Qur'an. As Christians, we should be aware that Muhammad's place in Islam is radically different than the place of Jesus in Christianity and the Qur'an is not equivalent to the Bible as some might contend. Also, the authors provide detailed explanations of the doctrines of Christianity. Many Christians do not understand and are unable to explain the basic doctrines of our own faith and this book would be valuable if it only included the sections on Christian beliefs. If you are a Muslim or a seeker drawn to Islam, this book will provide a general overview of the Christian faith and its objections to Islamic belief FROM A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE. If I were Muslim, rather than blasting the book, I would be glad to be informed of Christianity's counter-viewpoints so I could answer challeges to my faith intelligently.
Cons: The book will not be an quick and easy read ... Norman Geisler is a respected Christian theologian and the book is academic in presentation. To completely master the text, I went back over the book several times over several years with a highlighter, a Bible and a Qur'an like a college student. However, if you are Muslim or favorably drawn to Islam, I can understand why one would discount ANSWERING ISLAM since the book's objective is counter Islam and reaffirm Christianity FROM A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE. The book does not falsely advertise itself and its authors clearly and plainly state they are writing FROM A CHRISTIAN (NOT MUSLIM) PERSPECTIVE.
Conclusion: The book ANSWERING ISLAM is well cited, clearly footnoted and indexed with hundreds of comparative writings from both Muslim and Christian scholars for further study. One is able to go directly to a copy of Qur'an (admittedly, most readers must use an English translitertion as I did) and compare the Suras cited by the authors ... the Qur'an is not misquoted (and the Bible is not misquoted either). Therefore, I find it instructive so many of the negative reviews have been made by Muslims or persons defending the Muslim faith. There are countless books in the Islamic pantheon which offer counter-agruments to Christianity, beginning with the Qur'an itself ... for example, the Bible states Jesus was crucified and the Qur'an states Jesus was not crucified. The two texts and the two religions do not agree on Jesus and many other doctrines. Despite what has been said by many posters here, I do not see how this book is any more biased against Islam than any book with the objective of refuting Christianity FROM THE MUSLIM PERSPECTIVE such as "The Qur'an, the Bible, and Science" by Maurice Bucaille. Many negative reviewers have recommneded books by Muslim writers that disagree with Christianity while trashing this book by Christian writers that disagree with Islam. This is not consistent. The many negative reviewers (perhaps if they were more forthcoming) should admit that their objections due to their theological stance and not on whether the book was "good" or not. I am interpreting the many Islam-based negative reviews as some evidence that this book must be striking too close to home. This book is solid.
P.S. Since I also own the CD-ROM which mirrors the web site www.answering-islam.org, I can attest that the web site is not connected to this book and these authors and contains totally different information. |
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Very comprehensive and complete explanation of Islam and Christianity |
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This book is very complete and thorough in the information provided. I definetely recommend it to anyone wanting to know anything about Islam. The reasoning and the critical thinking skills Geisler uses are undisputable when presented to anyone wanting to know the real truth and is willing to weigh the evidences of both religions. |
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Get this book and learn it well,It's 100% on the money.It will help anyone to not be taken in by Islam.also read my book the story of how i was Sharper Than A Two Edged Sword-by Nadia N.Rehmani. you can get it also on Americancivilwar.booksurgepublishing company published it for me.Nadia |
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