Pastoral Care to Muslims: Building Bridges

by Kirkwood; Neville A

• ISBN13: 9780789014771
• ISBN10: 0789014777
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-12-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Fulfill Christ's injunction in Matthew 25! Pastoral Care to Muslims: Building Bridges recognizes that more and more often pastoral care workers are encountering Muslims in hospitals. This is the guidebook you need to provide the spiritual support these patients are able to accept--support that doesn't conflict with their religious affiliations. The first section of Pastoral Care to Muslims provides an outline of the major beliefs of Islam, chiefly those that relate to illness and dying. The Koran is freely quoted to support these beliefs and practices. The second section of the book delivers a set of guidelines for the practice of pastoral care to hospitalized Muslims. These guidelines have been field tested with positive results. The book's two appendixes supply you with samples of the kinds of prayers that are acceptable to Muslims. In this valuable book you'll find: background information about the Muslim faith quotations from the Koran that you can use in your practice what you need to understand about the Muslim view of sickness, death, and dying Plus explanations of terms and concepts found in Islam, including: the Islamic Creed Tawhid (the concept of the unity of God) Gehenna (Hell) the Five Pillars of Islam Pastoral Care to Muslims: Building Bridges will help you do just that: build bridges between Christians and Muslims. It will supply you with material you can use to minister to Muslims without the fear of offending them and give you the confidence you need to deliver effective pastoral care to this growing segment of the population.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Ali Roude
Michael Putney
Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(4)
SECTION I: THE MUSLIM MIND
Why Muslims?	5	(8)
Muslims and God	13	(12)
The Islamic Creed	13	(3)
``What Is God Like?''	16	(1)
Tahweed---The Unity of God	17	(1)
Unity versus Trinity	18	(3)
Taqwa---God Consciousness	21	(2)
The Rights of God	23	(2)
Fear and Hope	25	(10)
Determinism and Free Will	35	(12)
Iblis, Angels, and Jinn	47	(10)
Iblis (Satan)	49	(1)
Angels	50	(3)
Jinn	53	(4)
Death and the Grave	57	(10)
Awaiting the Hour of Doom	67	(10)
The Day of Resurrection	77	(16)
Weighed in the Balances	80	(2)
The Bridge	82	(1)
The Life Beyond	83	(6)
Women and Children in the Afterlife	89	(2)
Postdeath Experience	91	(2)
The Place of Prayer	93	(6)
Salat---Formal/Liturgical Prayers	94	(1)
Shafa'a---Intercession for the Dead	95	(1)
Du'a---Intercession for the Living	96	(3)
Sunnis and Shia's	99	(6)
SECTION II: THE PRACTICE OF CARE
What Is Pastoral Care?	105	(10)
Imperatives for Muslim Care	115	(4)
Beside the Patient	119	(10)
Acceptance	119	(1)
Availability	120	(1)
Greeting	121	(1)
Initiating Conversation	122	(1)
Conversations Involving Religion	123	(1)
Listening	124	(1)
Prayer	124	(1)
Visiting the Home	125	(1)
Accepting the Challenge	126	(3)
Appendix 1: Shafa'a---Prayer for the Dead	129	(2)
Appendix 2: Bedside Prayers	131	(4)
Du'a---Intercession for the Living	131	(1)
Sabr---Prayer for Patience	132	(1)
Bedside Prayer for the Dying	132	(3)
Notes	135	(4)
Glossary	139	(4)
Bibliography	143	(2)
Index	145