Author: Ergun Mehmet Caner
Publisher: Kregel Publications
ISBN: 9780825424038
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Two former Muslims examine the impact of Christian atrocities on modern personal and cultural interaction, question popular views of just war, and challenge us to face our past and redeem our future.
Author: Robert F. Shedinger
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498220223
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Few words inspire more fear in Americans these days than jihad. Its mere utterance conjures up images of car bombs exploding in crowded markets; Boeing 737s crashing into tall buildings; and flag-burning, gun-toting bearded Arab men shouting, "allahu akbar" and "Death to America!" But what if all our stereotypical images of jihad are wrong, and when rightly understood, jihad turns out to be the perfect lens through which to understand the life and mission of Jesus? Jesus and Jihad argues that in early Muslim sources jihad stood for the struggle to transform a violent and unjust pre-Islamic society into one characterized by greater levels of justice and peace. When rescued from his Christian pietistic misinterpretations, Jesus emerges as a highly prophetic figure of resistance to the injustices authorized by Roman imperial power. As Muslims reengage an authentic understanding of jihad, and Christians, through a renewed understanding of jihad, meet the prophetic Jesus from whom they have become estranged, a new era of Christian-Muslim cooperation in the struggle against injustice can become the norm, replacing the current antipathy dividing these communities with a passion to reclaim once again a prophetic heart in service to a hurting world.
Author: Colonel V. Doner
Publisher: Samizdat Creative
ISBN: 9780984685264
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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In "Christian Jihad," Colonel V. Doner presents an authoritative and extraordinary dissection of the Neo-Fundamentalist mind, focusing primarily on its manifestation within Christianity. Doner provides an inside look at what drives the culture war with all its fear and paranoia, its "God-given" mandates, its "biblical" vision for God, country, and family, and how someone like Sarah Palin has become possible. But after showing us how we got into this mess in the first place, Doner provides a strategy for discovering a civil and peaceful way to disagree, even to find reconciliation, and finally end the vitriolic rhetoric and polarization that continues to cripple our country.
Author: Bat Yeʼor
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 0838636888
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 523
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In two waves of Islamic expansion the Christian and Jewish populations of the Mediterranean regions and Mesopotamia, who had developed the most prestigious civilizations of the time, were conquered by jihad. Millions of Christians from Spain, Egypt, Syria, Greece, and Armenia; Latins and Slavs from southern and central Europe; as well as Jews were henceforth governed by the shari'a (Islamic law).
Author: Dave Andrews
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498217753
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 189
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We are caught up in the cycle of so-called "holy wars." In The Jihad of Jesus, Dave Andrews argues that while this inter-communal conflict is endemic, it is not inevitable. Depending on our understanding, our religions can be either a source of escalating conflict or a resource for overcoming inter-communal conflict; and for our religions to be a resource for overcoming conflict, we need to understand the heart of all true religion as open-hearted compassionate spirituality. In the light of an open-hearted compassionate spirituality, we can reclaim the word "jihad" from extremists who have (mis)appropriated it as a call to "holy war," and reframe it, in truly Qur'anic terms, as a "sacred nonviolent struggle for justice"; and we can reconsider Jesus, as he is in the Gospels, not as a poster boy for Christians fighting crusades against Muslims, but as "a strong-but-gentle Messianic figure" who can bring Christians and Muslims together. As this book shows, many Christians and Muslims have found Isa (Jesus) and the Bismillah (celebrating the mercy, grace, and compassion of God) as common ground upon which they can stand and work for the common good. The Jihad of Jesus is a handbook for reconciliation and action: a do-it-yourself guide for all Christians and Muslims who want to move beyond the "clash of civilizations," join the jihad of Jesus, and struggle for justice and peace nonviolently side by side.
Author: Rev. Johnnie Moore
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 0785241477
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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The Next Jihad draws from the on-the-ground experience and personal testimonials of two of the world’s leading advocates for religious freedom and human rights—one Jewish and one Christian—as they explain what’s happening to Christians across Africa, why it matters, and what must be done now. Although news of Christians being killed overseas hits major media outlets from time to time, the news quickly fades away while our fellow believers continue to suffer. Johnnie Moore, as he has done before, wants to awaken the church and American politicians to the daily horrors happening to Christians, focusing this time on Africa. While the world has been fixated on jihadist threats in the Middle East, terrorists from Nigeria to Kenya have had free reign to massacre on a scale far beyond that of the terrorists in Iraq and Syria. Whole villages have been razed, mothers and children have been grotesquely killed, and an unabashed effort at ethnic cleansing has been embarked upon with unrelenting resolve. Their intention is to rid Africa of its Christians, either by forced conversion to Islam or by destruction and murder.
Author: M.J Akbar
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134452586
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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The Shade of Swords is the first cohesive history of Jihad, written by one of India's leading journalists and writers. In this paperback edition, updated to show how and why Saddam Hussein repositioned himself as a Jihadi against America, M.J. Akbar explains the struggle between Islam and Christianity. Placing recent events in a historical context, he tackles the tricky question of what now for Jihad following the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime. With British and American troops in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and once again in Iraq, the potential for Jihadi recruitment is ever increasing. Explaining how Jihad thrives on complex and shifting notions of persecution, victory and sacrifice, and illustrating how Muslims themselves have historically tried both to direct and control the phenomenon of Jihad, Akbar shows how Jihad pervades the mind and soul of Islam, revealing its strength and significance. To know the future, one needs to understand the past. M.J. Akbar's The Shade of Swords holds the key.
Author: Colonel V. Doner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780984685257
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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In "Christian Jihad," Colonel V. Doner presents an authoritative and extraordinary dissection of the Neo-Fundamentalist mind, focusing primarily on its manifestation within Christianity. Doner provides an inside look at what drives the culture war with all its fear and paranoia, its "God-given" mandates, its "biblical" vision for God, country, and family, and how someone like Sarah Palin has become possible. But after showing us how we got into this mess in the first place, Doner provides a strategy for discovering a civil and peaceful way to disagree, even to find reconciliation, and finally end the vitriolic rhetoric and polarization that continues to cripple our country.
Author: Michael Youssef
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1496431502
Category : Christianity and other religions
Languages : en
Pages : 249
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Dr. Youssef, a Coptic Christian who was born in Egypt and now leads a megachurch in America, knows from firsthand experience that radical Islamists have goals that many American Christians believe are "unthinkable." In this book, he warns Western Christians that it doesn't help to ignore what's going on.
Author: Robert Spencer
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
ISBN: 1596985151
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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Argues that Christianity is more peaceful, moral, reasonable, and tolerant of other religions than Islam and that the western world must regain an appreciation of its Christian roots in order to stand firm against the threat of Islamic jihadists.
