{"id":2539,"date":"2010-02-04T10:14:12","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T23:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/?p=2539"},"modified":"2010-02-04T10:14:12","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T23:14:12","slug":"theological-education-and-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/2010\/02\/04\/theological-education-and-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"Theological Education and Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr Ida Glaser<\/a>, Associate Tutor at Wycliffe Hall Oxford and Director of the Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies in Oxford, wrote a stimulating article titled, Theological Education with Islam in Mind, <\/em>from the newsletter of Wycliffe Hall Oxford<\/em>, Hilary Term 2010.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Nearly one in four people is a Muslim. What does this mean for a college equipping future church leaders for engagement with the world that \u2018God so loved\u2019?<\/p>\n

There is a polarisation amongst evangelicals about responses to Islam: should we be confrontational or should we be eirenic? The question arises about our mission to Muslims as well as about our socio-political relationships with Islamic communities and our theological responses to Islam.<\/p>\n

Being truthful about Muslims – <\/strong>Who are these Muslims to whom we are responding? Where does this particular individual in front of me fit into his\/her community? What informs their beliefs and actions?<\/em><\/p>\n

Laying foundations for faithful responses – <\/strong>Are Muslim views of family and community sometimes nearer to biblical models than western Christian views? How should we think about the Qur\u2019an\u2019s interpretations of biblical figures?<\/em><\/p>\n

Being truthful about ourselves – <\/strong>Who are we, not only as Christians, but also as members of our various socio-political groupings as church, parish, ethnic group and country? How does that affect our perceptions and relationships?<\/em><\/p>\n

Faith, hope and love? – <\/strong>What really matters to these people and how can I minister to them?\u00a0 How can I help the people in my church to embark on the journey towards biblical, Christ-like relationships with Muslims?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Read the full article (page 4)\u00a0in the newsletter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr Ida Glaser, Associate Tutor at Wycliffe Hall Oxford and Director of the Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies in Oxford, wrote a stimulating article titled, Theological Education with Islam in Mind, from the newsletter of Wycliffe Hall Oxford, Hilary Term 2010. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2539"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2777,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539\/revisions\/2777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}