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2023
As early as the seventh century, Christians living and ministering in Muslim contexts adapted their language and public witness to Islamic cultural and religious sensitivities. In Islam and the Bible, editors Ayman S. Ibrahim and Ant B. Greenham invite leading voices, representing a spectrum of approaches, to explore the issues surrounding “Muslim Idiom Translations” of the Bible. This work will be insightful for students, theologians, missiologists, missionaries, and Bible translators seeking wisdom and clarity on gospel contextualization. This book has 20 outstanding chapters by international scholars and practitioners in the field to shed light on these important matters. The contributors represent Australasia, Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, North America, Southeast Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Table of Contents for *Muslim Conversions to Christ: A Critique of Insider Movements in Islamic Contexts*. Peter Lang, 2018. Edited By Ayman S. Ibrahim and Ant Greenham
Presentation version of a forthcoming atricle in Southeastern Baptist Theological Review
International Journal of Pentecostal Missiology
Re-ignitional Missiology in an Era of Decline2021 •
This article calls for a missiology that reignites, or "Re-ignitional Missiology." The paper begins by explaining an analogy of the stages of a fire: Ignition, Growth, Fully Developed, and Decline. It then addresses "the Missiology of Decline," which is a phenomenon plaguing much of missiology today and is manifested in an overly-broad view of missions, and missiologicallyinduced syncretism. The article then pivots to consider the importance of revivalism and spiritual reawakenings in church history. The conclusion outlines steps toward Re-ignitional Missiology. These steps include keeping a narrow missional focus on "apostolic function," as proposed by Alan Johnson; that is, preaching the gospel where it has not been preached, and planting churches where they do not exist. Additional steps include resisting missiological decline in all its forms, and reapplying movements of the Spirit, by fire and by wind, in a revived and renewed missiology of the Pneuma.
Jenkins Center for a Christian Understanding of Islam at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Ayman Ibrahim and Ant Greenham's Muslim Conversions to Christ: A Book Review2019 •
A book review of Ayman Ibrahim and Ant Greenham's edited volume, Muslim Conversions to Christ https://jenkins.sbts.edu/welcome/book-reviews/
Southeastern Theological Review 12/1
The Sonship of Christ in the Contexts of Mission: Chalcedonian Retrieval as Missiological Necessity among Muslims2021 •
From its earliest days, Christianity is a faith that has demonstrated its ability to be articulated, believed, and practiced in a multitude of cultural contexts. Its Scriptures have been translated into a multitude of languages, and its manifestations have appeared in countless places and eras. The task of the Christian missionary, then, is the translation of the unchanging message of the gospel into the changing contexts of the world in a perennial dance requiring exegesis of both text and context. To avoid the imposition of extra-contextual interpretive pressure, some missionaries and global theologians encourage the development of contextual Christologies that prioritize concepts and terms relevant and native to the culture over biblical or creedal terminology. To the contrary, this article contends that the Chalcedonian articulation of the Sonship of the second person of the trinity has enduring cross-cultural relevance for contemporary Christian missiology.
By means of a case-study, this paper investigates the wide-ranging effects of a seminal Muslim Idiom Translation (MIT) produced by David Owen. It documents factors that contributed to its development and its subsequent influence on other contemporary MITs. It concludes by addressing multiple lessons that the global Church can learn from this historical example.
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This research is intending to present the Insider Movement (IM) beliefs and their purpose of “the True meaning” bible translation, as well as the Christian opponents’ viewpoints. Trying to have a balanced practical approach for better and maximum utilization of the Insider Movement for the sake of God’s Kingdom. I urge, to have an open mind and heart willing to learn. Also, laying aside our allegiance and dogma, focusing on God's kingdom and what God is doing through every usual or unusual tool and way. It is all about Christ.
Invited Paper for ETS 2019 - Ecclesiological Contextualization in a Global Context
A research on the issue of controversial contextualization efforts among Muslim ministry. Various controversies have been generated theologically since the start of such move some decades ago. Some thoughtful insights, suggestions and biblical arguments for the C-5 spectrum or insider movement from the proponents have been surfaced which deserve valuable consideration for critiques. This paper presents both the background of Muslim ministry in context, case studies, authentic arguments and personal testimony from an ex-Muslim etc.
This is the Seventh Issue of the Journal of Global Christianity. It contains 110 pages of articles and book reviews on a variety of topics.
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Journal of Asian Mission
Chae Ok Chun: The First Female Korean Missiologist2020 •
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A History of Christianity in Indonesia
Chapter Sixteen. Theological Thinking By Indonesian Christians, 1850–2000Wipf & Stock Publishers
Fellow Travellers - A Comparative Study on the Identity Formation of Jesus Followers from Jewish, Christian and Muslim Backgrounds in The Holy Land2020 •
Southeastern Theological Review
Review of "One Gospel for All Nations" (by Southeastern Theological Review, Summer 2016)2016 •
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Evangelical Missions Quarterly
Gregory E. Lamb, "The Art of Dying Well: Missions and the Reality of Martyrdom," EMQ 55.1 (2019): 43–45.2019 •
Dictionary of AfricanChristian Biography
Journal of African Christian Biography: v. 4, no. 22019 •
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Journal of African Christian Biography
Commemorative JACB issue in honor of Lamin Sanneh2019 •
Global Missiology
INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES ON MUSLIM IDENTITY AND INSIDER MOVEMENTS2015 •
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FUDMA Journal of Arts
THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIAN MISSION IN KAMBARI TERRITORY20191204 79908 iyqvj62019 •
Trinity Journal
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: Another Look at the Objection to the Mixed Marriages in Ezra 9–102021 •