Vulnerable Love: Islam, the Church and the Triune God
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
All too often, a Christian response to Islam is rooted in antagonism and steeped in defensiveness and fear. Yet the church is not called to engage in a battle with Islam in order to conquer Muslims, and when we, as Christians, wield apologetics like a weapon and shroud the message of Christ’s sacrifice in the armour of polemics, we destroy the credibility of our witness even as we seek to save the lost.
Bernhard Reitsma invites the church to rediscover a Christ-like approach to Islam—an approach that roots itself in love, vulnerability, and fearless embrace. Far from ignoring the complex challenges faced by Christians living in Muslim-majority nations—or in Western countries where Islam is on the rise—Reitsma addresses practical concerns such as persecution, political power, the nation of Israel, and contextualization, all within a thoroughly biblical and Christ-centered framework. Reitsma reminds us that the church’s calling is not to defend Christendom but to reveal the glory of Christ. To that end, let us lay down our weapons, take off our armour, and introduce our Muslim brothers and sisters to the vulnerable, unconditional love of Christ.
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- Invites the church to rediscover a Christ-like approach to Islam
- Addresses practical concerns such as persecution, political power, the nation of Israel, and contextualization
- Part I: Framework for Thinking Biblically about the Church and Islam
- Part II: Islam
- Part III: The Church
- Part IV: The Church and Islam
Amid the so-called clash of civilizations that all too often pits Christianity against Islam, Bernhard Reitsma writes as one rooted in historical orthodoxy but open to reimagining contemporary Christian approaches to Muslims. His posture of vulnerable love is not borne out of a politically correct toleration but flows forth from a biblically grounded understanding of the church as part of the wider people of God that points beyond the present status quo to the divine salvation that is coming.
—Amos Yong, PhD
This volume nurtures tolerance and dialogue between religions in the Middle East. Bernhard Reitsma offers us a contextualized and enlightening reading of burning issues as they are understood in ancient and contemporary Christianity and Islam.
—Daniel Alberto Ayuch, PhD
- Title: Vulnerable Love: Islam, the Church and the Triune God
- Author: Bernhard J. G. Reitsma
- Publisher: Langham
- Print Publication Date: 2020
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Pages: 217
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Christianity and other religions › Islam; Islam › Relations--Christianity; Missions to Muslims
- ISBNs: 9781839730009, 9781839730016, 9781839730023, 9781839730030, 1839730005, 1839730013, 1839730021, 183973003, 183973003X
- Resource ID: LLS:VLNRBLLVSLTRNGD
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-06T17:38:21Z