{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Islam : an introduction for Christians \/ Paul Varo Martinson, editor ; translated by Stefanie Ormsby Cox.","author":"Martinson, Paul Varo.; Cox, Stefanie Ormsby.","isbn":null,"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Augsburg"},"datePublished":"1994","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:     \t\r\nIntroduction: Everyday Encounters between Christians and Muslims ---- Part I. Islam -- Faith and Life. 1. The Quran --- 2. Muhammad --- 3. The Five Pillars of Islam. The First Two: Testimony and Prayer --- 4. The Five Pillars of Islam. The Next Three: Fasting, Almsgiving, and Pilgrimage --- 5. Justice and Law --- 6. Woman and Family --- 7. Death and Eternal Life, Dying and Burial ---- Part II. Islam in North America. 8. How Islam Came to North America --- 9. Self-Understanding and Place in Society --- 10. Relations with the Christian Community ---- Part III. Islam -- Movements and Emphases. 11. The Shiites --- 12. Mysticism and Sufism --- 13. Religion, State, Society --- 14. Groups in Islam --- 15. Islam and the Modern Age ---- Part IV. Islam and Christianity. 16. Christian-Islamic Encounters in History --- 17. Jerusalem -- The City of Three Faiths --- 18. Marriages between Christians and Muslims --- 19. The Bible and the Quran --- 20. Jesus in Islam ---- Part V. Islam -- A Christian Appreciation. 21. The Witness of Faith --- 22. A Christian Evaluation of Islam ---- Appendices. Chronology --- Islamic and Christian Holiday Calendar --- Index and Glossary of Terms --- Index of Quran Passages --- Index of Biblical Passages --- Brief Bibliography on Islam --- Organizations.\r\n\r\nAbstract: \r\n\"These and many other questions are answered in this informative introduction to Islam. Christians of all denominations will find reliable and up-to-date information on Islam and its relationship to Christianity.\" \"The first part of the book surveys the faith and life of Islam, exploring the subjects of the Quran, Muhammad, beliefs about God, justice and the law, women and family, and death and eternal life. Part 2 tells about Islam in North America, both its early history and the current situation. Part 3 describes various groups and movements within Islam. Part 4 looks at Islam and Christianity, their encounters in history, the Bible and the Quran, and how Jesus is regarded by Muslims. Part 5 presents a Christian evaluation of Islam.\" \"Carefully researched and clearly written, Islam: An Introduction for Christians is an ideal book for both individual and group use.\"--Jacket.\r\n\r\nOther Notes: \tIncludes bibliographical references (pages 247-257) and indexes.\r\n\r\nElectronic version: \tTable of contents http:\/\/www.gbv.de\/dms\/bowker\/toc\/9780806625836.pdf\n\nPublished in: Minneapolis\n\nPhysical description: 264 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"It's a different world! : the challenge for today's pastor \/ Lyle E. Schaller.","author":"Schaller, Lyle E.","isbn":"0687197295","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":null,"inLanguage":"English","description":"1. It is harder today! -- The mobile member -- Other changes -- 2. The sunny side of the street -- May 15, 1984 -- Where there is hope -- We are living longer -- The air is cleaner -- Mainstreaming can work! -- Elderly no longer means poor -- That remarkable job machine! -- Why is good news neglected? -- 3. From mainline to nondenominational -- The eighteenth century scene -- The circuit rider and the farmer preacher -- Broadening the base -- What are the implications? -- Where are the men? -- Influences in the political arena -- Where are my children? -- The southern California subculture -- Why the decline? -- Searchers, pilgrims, and converts -- The decreasing proportion of Anglos -- Who is organizing new congregations? -- The growing number of \"Nones\" -- Growing old together -- The catholic to protestant migration -- The reemergence of the independent entrepreneur -- Stresses and choices -- 4. What is the liberal position? -- Public schools or non public schools? -- What are the alternatives? -- What is the issue? -- The church growth dimension -- Who attends? -- Which side appeals to you? -- From obligations to adversaries -- The churches follow the trend -- What follows success? -- The emergence of adversarial relationships -- Consequences and questions -- The big issue. \r\n5. The new majority -- The significance of 1944 -- A decade of radical change -- Who went to work? -- What else changed? -- A return to the good old days -- Where's my husband? -- Separating marriage and motherhood -- Motherhood vs. feminism -- The changing roles of women -- The feminization of the churches -- What happened to the next baby boom? -- What do you count? -- Who will care for the kids? -- Questions to be asked -- Questions on subsidies -- What about men? -- 6. The twenty nine year old grandmother -- What are the implications? -- What has not worked? -- What might work? -- 7. From vocation to profession? -- The emergence of the paraprofessional -- A new approach to staffing the churches -- What does it mean? -- 8. From doorbell to mailbox -- What happened? -- Three other factors -- What are the implications? -- Four cautions -- 9. A world filled with choices -- Where do you belong? -- The complexity of the weekly schedule -- \"That sermon didn't speak to me\" -- From missions to study and choices -- What happened to our singles group? -- How do you organize the Sunday school? -- What happened to the unified budget? -- The cost of choices.\n\nPublished in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 239 pages ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"J.I. Packer : a biography \/ Alister McGrath.","author":"McGrath, Alister E.","isbn":"0801011574","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Baker Books"},"datePublished":"1997","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents: \t1. The schoolboy: 1927-44 -- Early family life -- The accident of 1933 -- The typewriter -- Early religious views -- Encounter with C.S. Lewis -- Preparing for Oxford University -- 2. Oxford: Corpus Christi College, 1944-8 -- The OICCU -- The conversion -- Misgivings over 'Victorious Living' -- Discovering the Puritans -- Academic success.\r\n3. London: Oak Hill College, 1948-9 -- Reflecting on ministry -- The selection process -- The Church of England in the late 1940s -- Tutor at Oak Hill College -- 4. Oxford: Wycliffe Hall, 1949-52 -- Wycliffe Hall -- Theological studies, 1949-50 -- Doctoral research, 1950-2 -- The founder of the Puritan Studies Conferences -- Packer and the Puritans.\r\n5. Birmingham: St. John's, Harborne, 1952-4 -- Packer the curate -- Marriage to Kit, 1954 -- 6. Bristol: Tyndale Hall, 1955-61 -- Tyndale Hall -- The attack on Keswick -- 'Fundamentalism' and the Word of God (1958) -- Evangelism and the sovereignty of God (1961) -- Where next?\r\n7. Oxford: Latimer House, 1961-70 -- The origins of Latimer House -- The warden -- Packer's critique of the radical theology of the 1960s -- The theological consolidation of evangelicalism -- The redefining of English evangelicalism: The crisis of 1966 -- The National Evangelical Anglican Congress, 1967 -- The decision to leave Oxford -- 8. Bristol: Tyndale Hall, 1970-2 -- Tyndale and Clifton: The failed merger of 1968-9 -- The new principal of Tyndale Hall -- The reorganization of theological education -- The break with Martyn Lloyd-Jones, 1970 -- A new crisis: The end of Tyndale Hall? -- The birth of Trinity College.\r\n9. Bristol: Trinity College, 1972-9 -- Packer as a theological teacher -- Knowing God: The origins and anatomy of a classic -- The 'Battle for the Bible' -- The Tyndale Lecture: Packer on the Atonement -- Renewed controversy: Christian Believing -- The Nottingham Event: NEAC 2 -- The decision to leave England -- 10. Vancouver, BC: Regent College, 1979-96 -- The origins of Regent College -- The background to Packer's appointment -- Professor of theology at Regent College -- The importance of tradition for evangelicals -- Theology and spirituality -- The debate over universalism and conditional immortality -- Evangelicals and Catholics together -- Canadian Anglicanism: Essentials 94 -- Conclusion -- James I. Packer: An assessment.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: xii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Let evening come : reflections on aging \/ by Mary C. Morrison ; preface by Morris L. West.","author":"Morrison, Mary C.","isbn":"0385490860","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Doubleday"},"datePublished":"1998","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: New York\n\nPhysical description: 134 pages ; 21 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"LETTER TO PHILIP: How to treat a woman","author":"Shedd, C.W.","isbn":"6811400","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Doubleday"},"datePublished":"1968","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: NEWYORK\n\nPhysical description: 129P","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Letters From Dad.","author":"Shedd, C.W.","isbn":"6615726","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Avon Books"},"datePublished":"1965","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: New York\n\nPhysical description: 159p","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"LIFE AND LOVE: A christian view of sex.","author":"Narramore,M.C.","isbn":null,"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ZondervanPublishingHouse"},"datePublished":"1964","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: 186P","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Listening and caring skills : a guide for groups and leaders \/ John S. Savage.","author":"Savage, John S.","isbn":"0687017165","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":"1996","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:  Basic listening skills for ministry. Paraphrase ; Productive questions ; Perception check ; Expression of feelings and emotions ; Fogging ; negative inquiry ; Behavior description -- Hearing the story. Story listening ; Story polarization listening -- Advanced listening skills for ministry. Life commandments ; The linguistic bridge.\r\nAbstract :  \"The secret to leadership and transformation of a group, or of another person, is the quality of the relationship one person has with another. Thus the effective group leader or counselor will be the person who learns how to listen to other people. By studying and employing these listening skills, church leaders will engage others more compassionately, allowing them to feel that their needs are being met. The skills can be used with persons who are terminally ill, inactive at church, going through a divorce, in a family with a severely ill person, unemployed, seeking a new church, grieving, traumatized by catastrope, going through teenage adolescence, in marriage counseling, or leading a ministry team.\" \"John Savage offers eleven specific and teachable listening skills for improving relationships among those who do ministry in small-group settings or when offering counsel to others. The skills are taught through oral exercises and unfailingly helpful examples from actual congregational situations. The skills include paraphrase, productive questions, perception check, expression of feelings and emotions, fogging, negative inquiry, behavior description, and story listening.\"--BOOK JACKET.\n\nPublished in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 152 pages ; 23 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Long term marriage : a search for the ingredients of a lifetime partnership \/ Floyd & Harriett Thatcher.","author":"Thatcher, Floyd W.","isbn":null,"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Word Books"},"datePublished":"1980","inLanguage":"English","description":"What ever happened to marriage? -- Why did you want to get married? -- What about your expectations? -- What is the meaning of commitment? -- Making sure you understand each other -- How you communicate without words -- The adventure of growing together -- Surviving the child-rearing years -- How to handle the twin stresses-money and work -- The best half of life?\n\nPublished in: Waco, Tex.\n\nPhysical description: 216 pages ; 24 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Love and control in Sexuality","author":"pittenger,N.","isbn":null,"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Pilgrim Press"},"datePublished":"1974","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: Philadelphia\n\nPhysical description: 124P","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}