Business in Islam : contextualizing business and Christian mission in Muslim-majority nations / Robert J. Stefan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stefan, Robert J., author.

Series:

APTS Press Monograph Series 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Business.

Business--Religious aspects--Islam.

Missions to Muslims.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2019.

Summary:

We are pleased to offer this fifth title in our APTS Press Monograph Series. This is the publication of the author's doctoral dissertation done through the Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. The purpose of this series is to give our readers broader access to good scholarship that would otherwise be unavailable outside of the academic community. This is part of our ongoing commitment to discipleship through publishing. Christian mission organizations have enthusiastically embraced "business" as a means of entry for Christian workers who might not otherwise be able to get into these nations, especially MMNs.However, the embracing of business raises some immediate concerns. In light of existing tensions between business and Islam, won't missions-connected businesses be under the same cloud of conflict? More importantly, isn't the Gospel put under this cloud, thereby negatively impacting the spread of the kingdom of God? Also, if the business-and-mission companies' expatriate owners and employees are western (especially American) won't the conflicts inevitably intensify? And if so, are there ways such entities can be operated in order to minimize the conflict with Islamic sensitivities? This book will address these and other related questions.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Business in the Quran

3. Business in Sunnah

4. Business in thought and law

5. Business in Islamic history

6. Business in modern Islam

7. Business and Christian mission

8. Contextualization, research findings, approaches and conclusion

Appendix 1. Business in the Quran

Appendix 2. Business in the Hadith

Appendix 3. business and Christian mission: Missiological framework.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and glossary.

ISBN:

9781725257108

9781725257122

1725257122