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Summary: Shoddy scholarship taints some otherwise good info
Review: The Caners produce a helpful selection of information in Unveiling Islam, which would make this a wonderful introduction text. Alas, their pop-Evangelical conclusions, eager to dispense easy solutions, wind up misrepresenting some key ideas. At their worst, they wrongly diagnose entire historical movements (the first Crusade, for instance, which they argue was in reaction to persecuted German pilgrims 30 years earlier!). More threatening to many will be their poor handling of Christian theology, functionally denying God's election and (somehow simultaneously) Christian responsibility to obey God's Word. As a pastor, I'd recommend examining the other introductory texts to Islam and Christianity.
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Summary: Very informative someone learning about Islam
Review: This book is a great place to start for anyone who wants to learn about Islam. I'd especially recommend it since the events of September 11, 2001.I suspect the book was somewhat hastily put together to get it out right after 9/11; it could go into a lot more depth on many of the subjects, but it is a great place to start. What makes it somewhat unique is that both of the authors have abandoned Islam to follow Christ. Kudos to the Caners, some of the few who have the bravery and honesty to stand up and tell the truth about Islam, a truth that our "popular media" and even our own President don't want to acknowledge: that Islam is not a "religion" of peace, but of war and of "jihad." The Caner's don't "slam" Islam in this book; rather they present the subject in a way that urges Christians to pray for and reach out to Muslims with the Truth of the Gospel of Christ. One whole chapter is devoted to offering suggestions how Christians can witness to their Muslim friends and/or neighbors. They quote extensively from the Koran and other Islamic writings, and contrast those writings with the Bible.
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