I currently have two articles out at the moment in EMQ and IJFM.
The first is with EMQ and if you are a member of Missio Nexus (most North American agencies are with Missio Nexus, and if your org is a member then you are too), then you have access. If not, I’ll make it available in April. It is called Outlining a Biblical Theology of Islam: Practical Implications for Disciple Makers and Church Planting and is something I wrote as a kind of promo piece for the annual Middle East Consultation in Beirut, Lebanon (I’ll be giving two keynotes this year). Here are the topics I have paired together in the EMQ article:
- Religion and Kingdom Sociology
- Biblical Anthropology and Idolatry
- Prophecy and Muhammad
- Revelation and the Qur’an
- Christocentric Doxology and Allah
It is obviously a lot to discuss in just over 3,000 words (EMQ’s limit), but these are the major themes that need consideration in our theology of Islam.
The second article is Adaptive Missiological Engagement with Islamic Contexts at IJFM. This is also Chapter 17 in our book Margins of Islam: Ministry in Diverse Muslim Contexts. Here is my outline for the article:
Changing Understandings of Muslim Contexts
- Postcolonial Studies: “The Muslim World” vs. “The West”
- Cultural Anthropology: Modern Essentialism and Postmodern Relativism
- Religious Studies and the Fog of “Religions”
A Call for Adaptive Missiology
- Towards a Missiology of Islam(s)
- Idolatry and Mission
- Transforming Relationships
This is a longer article that deals with epistemology and issues which inevitably color our approaches to reaching Muslims.
Let me know what you think in the comments below.
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