My Neighbour's Faith: Islam Explained for Christians »

John Azumah holds a PhD in Islamics from the University of Birmingham, UK, and is the Director for the Centre of Islamic Studies at the London School of Theology. He has previously served as a Research Fellow with the Akrofi-Christaller Institute in Ghana. Dr. Azumah is the author of The Legacy of Arab-Islam in Africa: A Quest for Inter-Religious Dialogue (Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2001) and has written articles on the subject in various academic journals.

My Neighbour's Faith sheds light on the beliefs and teaching of Islam by addressing matters of contemporary importance to Christians and the wider non-Muslim audience.

Foreword ix Acknowledgements xi
1 Introduction 1
2 The Challenges Posed by Islam 6
3 Islam: Its Context, Prophet and Early History 15
4 Mainstream Muslim Beliefs and Practices 28
5 Scripture (Qur'an) and Tradition (Hadith) 45
6 Main Divisions and Movements Within Islam 53
7 Islamic Law (Shari'ah) 62
8 Islamic Teaching on Women 79
9 Islamic Teaching on People of Other Faiths 87
10 Jesus in Islam 100
11 A Christian Response to Islam 122
12 Key Theological and Missiological Questions 139 Appendix 157 Key Qur'anic Passages, Organised Thematically 157 Further Reading 159