Mission to Islam and Beyond - Answering Islam

490 Pages·2001·1.78 MB·English

by  Jens Christensen

Mission to Islam and Beyond

Mission to Islam
and Beyond
Formerly published as
The Practical Approach to Muslims

Jens Christensen

NEW CREATION PUBLICATIONS INC.
PO Box 403, Blackwood, South Australia 5051
2001
First published by
by Mrs. M. Christensen & The North Africa Mission
originally titled The Practical Approach to Muslims
© 1977

Republished by
NEW CREATION PUBLICATIONS INC.
PO Box 403, Blackwood, South Australia, 5051

© 2001
The Society-in-Aid
Bjergholt 19
6200 Aabenraa, Denmark

National Library of Australia cataloguing-in-publication data

Christensen, Jens, Bishop
Mission to Islam and beyond

New ed.
ISBN 0 86408 224 X.

1. Islam—Doctrines. 2. Islam—Relations—Christianity.
3. Converts from Islam. 4. Mission to Muslims.
5. Christianity and other religions—Islam. I. Title.

261.27

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under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be
reproduced by any process without written permission.
Inquiries should be addressed to the publisher.

Cover design by Jane McLean Design

Wholly set and printed at

NEW CREATION PUBLICATIONS INC.
Coromandel East, South Australia

www.newcreation.org.au
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Contents
Editor’s Note to the 1977 Edition xi
Preface to the 1977 Edition xiii
Publisher’s Foreword to the Current Edition xv
A Biography of Jens Christensen: Missionary to the Pathans
in the North-West Frontier Province xvii
1. Introduction 1
SECTION ONE: JUST HOW ARE YOU
GOING TO APPROACH THE MUSLIM?
2. Means 13
3. Criticism 26
4. Politics 39
5. Proclamation—I 50
6. Proclamation—II 61
7. Intolerance 73
SECTION TWO: JUST WHAT ARE YOU AIMING AT?
8. Individual Conversion or Mass Movements? 87
9. Preaching, Teaching and Witnessing 100
10. The Muslim Convert in the Church 115
SECTION THREE: JUST WHERE DOES
YOUR CHRISTIAN LIVING FIT IN?
11. Collective and Individual Responsibility—I 129
12. Collective and Individual Responsibility—II 144
13. Good Deeds in Relation to Evangelism 159
14. Prayer in Relation to Evangelism 175
SECTION FOUR: WHAT ABOUT THE
QUESTION OF UNIVERSALITY?
15. Is Christianity Universal? 191
16. Is Islam Universal? 202
SECTION FIVE: IS IT ‘A BATTLE OF BOOKS’?
17. Yes and No 221
18. Inspiration and Revelation 232
SECTION SIX: IS IT LAW OR EVANGEL?
19. Wherein Did Christ Differ from Jews in the
Matter of Faith? 247
20. How Does Your Concept of Faith Differ from That
of a Muslim? 259
21.Is Islam Law or Evangel? 271
SECTION SEVEN: WHAT ABOUT THE
DOGMA OF THE HOLY TRINITY?
22. Is This Dogma Preachable?—I 283
23. Is This Dogma Preachable?—II 294
24. If Not Preachable, Then What? 308
SECTION EIGHT: WHAT ABOUT THE
ETERNAL SONSHIP OF CHRIST?
25. Conceived by the Holy Spirit 321
26. Born of a Virgin 333
SECTION NINE: WHAT IS YOUR
ATTITUDE TOWARD MUHAMMED?
27. Muhammed’s Conception of God in Relation to Yours 345
28.Muhammed’s Conception of Preaching in Relation to Yours 356
29.Muhammed’s Conception of His Book in Relation to Yours 366
30.Muhammed’s Conception of Ethics in Relation to Yours 379
SECTION TEN: WHY HAS CHRISTIANITY
NOT DEVELOPED A SUNNAH?
31.Just What is Sunnah? 393
32.Is a Christian Sunnah Possible? If Not, Then What? 404
33.Why Does the Muslim Object to Our Principle of Ethics? 414
SECTION ELEVEN: A FEW COMPARISONS
34.Belief in Allah—Belief in God the Father 429
35.Belief in Books and Prophets 440
36.Predestination and Fatalism 453
37.Resurrection and Judgment 464