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What would happen if Christians and a Muslim at a university talked and disagreed, but really tried to understand each other? What would they learn? That is the intriguing question Peter Kreeft seeks to answer in these imaginative conservations on issues ranging from prayer and worship to evolution and abortion, from war and politics to the nature of spiritual struggle and spiritual submission.

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Kreeft (philosophy, Boston Coll.), a prolific author on Christian theology and philosophy, argues that Islam can teach Christians strength of will and moral conviction. Kreeft creates conversations between a fictional Muslim student and Christian students and professors on such topics as surrender, jihad, and evolution, with the Muslim student debating the Christians about belief. The dialogs bring out areas of agreement in ways that engender respect for overarching principles accepted by each religion—in particular each one's submission to God and desire to do his will. But the conversations also insist that incompatible doctrines of traditional Islam and Christianity signify that one is right and the other wrong, whereas both may be right about different aspects of the same truth. Kreeft also assumes that Christianity and Islam are sole competitors for religious loyalty. VERDICT Committed Christians, especially Catholics, who want positive approaches to Islam, or Muslims seeking to offer some of their beliefs and faith to Christians, may wish to consider reading this. But the book's emphasis on the truth of Christian doctrine (e.g., the Resurrection and the Trinity) does not make it an objective study or primer.—William Collins, Library of Congress

Introduction 9

1 On Comparative Religions 21

2 On Islam vs. the West 30

3 On Jesus and Muhammad 47

4 On the Relation Between Morality and Theology 67

5 On Surrender 76

6 On Loving God and Fearing God 85

7 On Who Goes to Heaven 94

8 On Liberals and Conservatives 107

9 On Prayer and the Wildness of God 116

10 On Feminism 124

11 On Sexual Morality and Moral Ambiguity 132

12 On Islam and Politics 144

13 On War and Pacifism 151

14 On Jihad and Enemies 158

15 On Evolution and Sex 172

16 On Abortion and Compassion 178

Conclusion 187