The Cross and the Crescent: Reflections on Christian-Musl Im Spirituality

By Phil Parshall

Dateline Manila: September 11, 2001: 8:58PM - I turned on CNN and received the shock of my life. There before me was the tower in flames. Suddenly, the second plane appears. Contact! Minutes later...the collapse of both towers. Muslim terrorists! Who are the Muslims? You hear about them in the news every day. Many people associate them with terrorism and cruelty. Some admire their willingness to die for their faith. Others wonder if there is more to Islam than fanaticism and martyrdom. And Christians ask, "how do we respond in faith and love to these people?" This question is more pressing than ever. Phil Parshall understands the Muslim heart and mind. Living as a missionary among Muslims, he knows them - not as a band of fanatics on the evening news, but as individuals, some good, some bad. In this very warm, very personal book he looks at what Muslims believe and how their beliefs affect - and often don't affect their behavior. He compares and contrasts Muslim and Christian views on the nature of God, sacred Scriptures, worship, sin and holiness, mysticism, Jesus and Muhammed, human suffering, and the afterlife. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0842304738
• ISBN13: 9780842304733
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent for challenging

I set out to read "The Cross and the Crescent" to understand more about Muslims, in light of my Christian faith. While I did learn about what Muslims believe - examining how Muslim faith plays out in real life, I was mostly challenged to examine my own faith, and how it plays out in my day-to-day life. Phil Parshall is sensitive, as well as revolutionary - his examples come from his personal day-to-day experience living in the Muslim world, with Muslim friends, neighbours, babysitters, etc. I would highly recommend this to someone who wants to understand the "Muslim Heart and Mind" - like the subtitle says.