Islam: A Catholic Perspective

by Catholic Answers

Publisher:

Catholic Answers

, 2003

Overview

Islam: A Catholic Perspective provides a concise overview of Islam and evaluates their history and beliefs from a Christian point of view. Using a balanced approach, this booklet gives Islam credit for its good points, without papering over the negatives. Some of the topics covered include:

• What is Islam and how did it start?
• What do Muslims believe?
• How do Muslims practice their religion?
• How does the Qur'an compare with the Bible?

Also included are some useful hints on sharing the Christian Gospel with your Muslim friends and acquaintances.

In the Logos edition, this volume is enhanced by amazing functionality. Important terms link to dictionaries, encyclopedias, and a wealth of other resources in your digital library. Perform powerful searches to find exactly what you’re looking for. Take the discussion with you using tablet and mobile apps. With Logos Bible Software, the most efficient and comprehensive research tools are in one place, so you get the most out of your study.

Key Features

• Offers clear explanations of key Catholic doctrines
• Presents clear answers to difficult questions
• Includes guidance for Catholic living

Contents

Top Highlights

“Love is a keynote of Christianity that Islam lacks. In the words of one Muslim convert to Christianity, ‘Christianity is a religion of love, but Islam is a religion of fear.’ Muslims do not have the kind of loving, intimate relationship with God that Christians do.” (Page 27)

“In other words, violence is to be used against Jews and Christians unless they are willing to pay a special tax and live in subjection to Muslims as second-class citizens. For them the choice is convert, die, or live in subjection.” (Page 24)

“Islam has the greatest violence potential of the three major Western religions.” (Page 23)

“Pope John Paul II remarked: ‘Whoever knows the Old and New Testaments, and then reads the Qur’an, clearly sees the process by which it completely reduces Divine Revelation. It is impossible not to note the movement away from what God said about himself, first in the Old Testament through the prophets, and then finally in the New Testament through his Son. In Islam all the richness of God’s self-revelation, which constitutes the heritage of the Old and New Testaments, definitively has been set aside’ (CTH 92; emphasis in original).” (Page 22)

“The Crusades were a set of defensive wars trying to retake what had been conquered, particularly the holy sites.” (Page 29)

Product Details

• Title: Islam: A Catholic Perspective
• Author: Catholic Answers
• Publisher: Catholic Answers
• Print Publication Date: 2003
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 34
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Islam › Relations--Christianity; Christianity and other religions › Islam; Catholic Church › Relations--Islam
• Resource ID: LLS:ISLAMCATHPERS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:06:41Z