{"product_id":"the-crucifix-on-meccas-front-porch-a-christians-companion-for-the-study-of-islam-9781621642329","title":"The Crucifix on Mecca's Front Porch: A Christian's Companion for the Study of Islam","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book on Islam has an unusual perspective. It argues that a critically minded examination of Islam can help Christians achieve a deeper appreciation of the unique truths of their own faith. It draws on the author's personal experiences living in Islamic countries and his fieldwork with persecuted Christian-minority communities, especially in Pakistan, Yemen, Egypt, and Indonesia. It includes the author's own original translations of Islamic texts in Arabic, Persian, and Urdu, as well as primary-source materials in Latin that were written by Christian participants in the Crusades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author focuses on Muslim interactions with the Christian tradition. He examines and takes issue with the misguided approach of Christians like Hans K ng and Muslims like Mustafa Akyol, who in the interests of Christian-Muslim rapprochement, minimize theological differences between the two faiths, especially in the area of Christology. Such attempts at rapprochement, he writes, do a profound disservice to both religions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrating the Muslim view of Christ with Islamic polemical texts from the eleventh to the twenty-first centuries, the author draws on Hans Urs von Balthasar, and other theologians of kenotic Christology, to show how Islamic condemnations of divine weakness and neediness can deepen our appreciation of what is most uniquely Christian in our vision of Jesus, as God-made-man, who voluntarily experiences weakness, suffering, and death in solidarity with all human beings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA book that's both timely and urgently needed, \u003ci\u003eThe Crucifix on Mecca's Front Porch\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers to reflect on the stark differences between Christianity and Islam and come to a fresh appreciation of the Christian faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ignatius Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621642329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.80w x 1.30d","brand":"David Pinault","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42059320819893,"sku":"9781621642329","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fb356556-4c8b-4f2b-a705-b1b7c27e7300.jpg?v=1650342550","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-crucifix-on-meccas-front-porch-a-christians-companion-for-the-study-of-islam-9781621642329","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}