{"product_id":"meeting-islam-george-dardess-9781557254337","title":"Meeting Islam: A Guide for Christians","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorge Dardess-author of this wise and inviting guide-believes that Jesus' injunction to \"Love your neighbor as yourself\" means that serious Christians should engage with Islam and come to know their Muslim neighbors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDardess invites readers to explore some of Islam's key facts, chief concepts, and practices, using his own failings and successes as a guide. He shares his own experiences as a deacon in the Catholic Church in Rochester, New York, seeking to build bridges with the local Muslim community, and how his own faith has been expanded and enhanced by the relationships and understandings that have resulted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt times humorous, questioning, and warm, \u003cem\u003eMeeting Islam\u003c\/em\u003e is an engaging guide to the rewards (and the dangers) of venturing outside the boundaries of one's own faith. Dardess is sympathetic to Muslim claims to truth, and analyzes them in the light of similar, Christian claims. Each chapter ends with a theological reflection on how a particular facet of Islam may enhance (rather than detract from) our own Christian self-understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Dardess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1557254338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781557254337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paraclete Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.84h x 5.52w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2005 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2005 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/27\/2005 pg. 58","brand":"George Dardess","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44124868346111,"sku":"9781557254337","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2b61c334-e681-4c3a-985c-18aa0c9b9ebc.jpg?v=1687439291","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/meeting-islam-george-dardess-9781557254337","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}