Seeking Allah, finding Jesus A devout Muslim encounters Christianity
Book - 2014
Qureshi describes his dramatic journey from Islam to Christianity, and shares how he developed a passion for Islam before discovering, almost against his will, evidence that Jesus rose from the dead and claimed to be God-- and of the peace he eventually found in Jesus.
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Grand Rapids, Michigan :
Zondervan
[2014]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 296 pages ; 22 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9780310515029
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Prologue: Seeking Allah
- Part 1. Called to Prayer
- 1. Prayers of My Fathers
- 2. A Mother's Faith
- 3. A Community of Four
- 4. The Perfect Book
- 5. Stories of the Prophet
- 6. Righteous through Ritual Prayer
- 7. Diversity in Islam
- 8. The Path of Sharia
- 9. Dreams of the Faithful
- 10. The Month of Blessing
- Part 2. An Ambassador for Islam
- 11. Third Culture
- 12. Muslims in the West
- 13. Swoons and Substitutions
- 14. The Father Is Greater than Jesus
- 15. Heaven's Gates and Hell's Flames
- 16. Treasured Traditions
- 17. Signs in the Sky
- 18. Honor and Authority
- 19. The Religion of Peace
- Part 3. Testing the New Testament
- 20. Becoming Brothers
- 21. Opening My Eyes
- 22. Textual Evolution
- 23. Revisiting Reliability
- Part 4. Coming to the Crux
- 24. Litmus Tests
- 25. Crucifying the Swoon Theory
- 26. A Muslim at Church
- 27. Debating the Resurrection
- Part 5. Jesus: Mortal Messiah or Divine Son of God?
- 28. Genetics and Jesus
- 29. Jesus Creates Carpenters
- 30. The Divine Son of Man
- 31. Paulemics and the Earliest Jesus
- Part 6. The Case for the Gospel
- 32. Tension and the Trinity
- 33. Resonating with the Trinity
- 34. Salvation in the Balance
- 35. Assessing the Gospel
- Part 7. The Truth About Muhammad
- 36. Muhammad Revisited
- 37. The Picture-Perfect Prophet
- 38. Veiling the Violence
- 39. Muhammad Rasul Allah?
- Part 8. The Holiness of the Quran
- 40. The Case for the Quran
- 41. The Quran, Science, and Bucailleism
- 42. Hadith and the History of the Quran
- 43. Those Whom Their Right Hands Possess
- Part 9. Faith in Doubt
- 44. Rationality and Revelation
- 45. The Cost of Embracing the Cross
- 46. I Am Near, Seek and You Shall Find
- 47. A Field of Crosses
- Part 10. Guided by the Hand of God
- 48. Deciphering Dreams
- 49. The Narrow Door
- 50. A Stairway out of the Mosque
- 51. Time to Mourn
- 52. The Word Speaks
- 53. Finding Jesus
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Glossary