عنوان

Returning in good faith: A narrative case study of contextual discipleship in a Muslim community

Number

TL48904

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Returning in good faith: A narrative case study of contextual discipleship in a Muslim community

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Todd Edwin Mangham

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

West, Russell W.; Irwin, Eunice L.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Asbury Theological Seminary

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2016

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

172

Text of Note

Committee members: Headley, Anthony J.; Lowe, Milton

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-11698-4

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

D.Min.

Discipline of degree

Ministry

Body granting the degree

Asbury Theological Seminary

Text preceding or following the note

2016

Text of Note

This dissertation focuses on the need to understand how a Muslim background believer in Jesus (MBB) can remain in his social base as an active, influential and redemptive member of his or her community, while being a known follower of Jesus and one devoted to the truth of the Bible. In order for an MBB to remain in strategic position to make disciples, I propose that the MBB must honor the tribe, the family, the culture and the faith of his or her community while strategically developing a clear identity, not as a follower of Mohammad or a believer in the truth of the Quran, but as a follower of Jesus and believer in the truth of the Bible. Unfortunately, the new MBB is in danger of experiencing self-inflicted alienation from the tribe, rejection by the tribe or over-contextualization of the MBB's Christian faith. This project explores the story of a notable exemplar who has returned to his community as a beloved member of his family, not as a secret Christian, nor as a highly contextualized or synchronized Christian, but as a known follower of Jesus.

Clerical studies; Biblical studies; Interviews; Personality; Missionaries; Case studies; Narratives; Cultural identity; Religious literature; Credibility; Middle Eastern studies; Context; Bible; Truth; Socialization; Attitudes; Families

Subject Term

Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Christianity;Church;Contextualization;Missiology;Missions;Muslim

Sijbrand, Linda Marianne

West, Russell W.; Irwin, Eunice L.

Subdivision

Ministry

Asbury Theological Seminary

Call Number

1818474522; 10156647

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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