Shalom Talk

 On September 5, 2010, Radio Shalom, or ShalomTalk, featured an interview with Dr. J Dudley Woodberry. Dean Emeritus of the Fuller Seminary School of Intercultural Studies, and Senior Professor of Islamic Studies. Dr. Woodberry has served in pastoral and teaching roles in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. He has traveled and done religious work in thirty-five other Muslim countries.  Formerly Advisor to the Carter White House on Islamic affairs, he is widely considered to be the premier evangelical Christian expert on ministry amongst Muslims.  

In light of today's strident and monolithic rhetoric about Muslims, Dr, Woodberry presented an introduction to core Muslim beliefs and practices. He explains the panorama of the various kinds of Muslims we are likely to encounter. Most in America are what he calls "Adaptionists," who are seeking to accommodate Muslim faith to the realities of modern, and Western, life. 

There could hardly be a timelier topic with much in the news about the Ground Zero Mosque, with concerns about tensions with Iran, and with lingering unrest in America about our military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Can we promote some shalom in the world by talking intelligently about Islam, the very real people who are devoted to this religion, and ways forward for America and the Middle East?

See more about Dr. Woodberry's school, the Fuller Theological Seminary, at www.Fuller.edu

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