Unveiling Islam

by Caner, Ergun Mehmet

• ISBN13: 9780825424281
• ISBN10: 0825424283
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-14
• Publisher: Kregel Pubns

Summary

Raised as Sunni Muslims, the Caner brothers converted to Christianity and are respected evangelical scholars and theologians. In this work, they provide a sympathetic and realistic analysis of Islam's practices, ethics, and beliefs and outline principle differences between Islam and Christianity.

Author Biography

Ergun Mehmet Caner (Th.M., Southeastern Seminary; Th.D., University of South Africa) is dean of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, and professor of theology and church history at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. During his many years as a pastor and now as an educators, Dr. Caner has lectured on apologetics, world religions, and theology in eleven countries and has been interviewed on CNN, The 700 Club, the BBC, and elsewhere. He is Coauthor of many books on global apologetics. Emir Fethi Caner (Ph.D)., University of Texas at Arlington) is president of Truett-McConnell College in Cleveland, Georgia. An award-winning and best-selling author, he speaks regularly on apologetics, world religions, and theology around the world and on such media outlets as NPR, PAX, and Billy Graham's Decision Today radio program. His past experience includes pastoring, overseas missions, and church planting.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 11
Preface: A Man of Granite	p. 13
Acknowledgments	p. 21
Introduction: Chilling Words in a Frightening World	p. 23
Security, Politics, and Jihad	p. 29
Muhammad: The Militant Messenger	p. 38
The Story of Islam: A Trail of Blood	p. 65
The Qur'an: "Mother of Books"	p. 81
Sunnah and Hadith: The Other Books	p. 93
Allah: Names of Terror, Names of Glory	p. 102
Fundamentals: The Five Pillars	p. 120
Women: Love, Marriage, and Property	p. 132
Salvation: Mathematical Righteousness	p. 142
Holy Days: A Calendar of Islamic Community	p. 152
Islamic Sects and Splinters	p. 161
The Illusion of Religious Liberty: Terrorism from Within	p. 172
The Bloodshed of Jihad	p. 181
Clash of Cultures: Christianity Through the Eyes of the Typical Muslim	p. 199
Jesus According to the Qur'an	p. 211
Inside the Muslim: Earning a Hearing and Winning a Soul	p. 222
That Camel Just Won't Hunt: Collateral Damage in the Culture Wars over Islam	p. 234
Freedom and the Conscience of the Nation: A Not to the Gipper	p. 245
Topical Index to the Qur'an	p. 261
Free Will, Fatalism, and the Qur'an	p. 266
Christianity and Islam: A Comparison of Beliefs	p. 268
Glossary of Arabic Islamic Terms	p. 272
Index	p. 276
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