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Challenging Islamic Traditions: Searching Questions about the Hadith from a Christian Perspective
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The Hadith are Islam?s most influential texts after the Qur?an. They outline in detail what the Qur?an often leaves unsaid. The Hadith are a foundation for Islamic law and theology and a key to understanding the worldview of Islam and why many Muslims do the things they do. This book subjects the Hadith to a critical analysis from a biblical perspective. In a scholarly and respectful way, it exposes significant inconsistencies within these ancient documents and highlights potential problems with the Muslim-Christian interface. Review This study is certainly original and has implications for Christian theology and mission which are profound, as well as urgent. It will assist theologians, missiologists and missionaries in their work. ?BISHOP Michael Nazir-Ali director, Oxford Centre for Training, Research, Advocacy, and Dialogue I am impressed by the detailed classification of Bukhari?s Hadith; I am not aware of any parallel analysis, so we do have a significant contribution to the academic study of the traditions. The breadth of the study is commendable. ?Peter Cotterell , PhD lecturer, London School of Theology About the Author Bernie Power holds degrees in science, arts, and theology, and his doctorate focused on the Hadith. He spent over twenty years as an Interserve partner living and working among Muslims in Asia and the Middle East. Currently he lectures in Islamic studies at the Melbourne School of Theology, Australia.
The Hadith are Islam?s most influential texts after the Qur?an. They outline in detail what the Qur?an often leaves unsaid. The Hadith are a foundation for Islamic law and theology and a key to understanding the worldview of Islam and why many Muslims do the things they do. This book subjects the Hadith to a critical analysis from a biblical perspective. In a scholarly and respectful way, it exposes significant inconsistencies within these ancient documents and highlights potential problems with the Muslim-Christian interface. Review This study is certainly original and has implications for Christian theology and mission which are profound, as well as urgent. It will assist theologians, missiologists and missionaries in their work. ?BISHOP Michael Nazir-Ali director, Oxford Centre for Training, Research, Advocacy, and Dialogue I am impressed by the detailed classification of Bukhari?s Hadith; I am not aware of any parallel analysis, so we do have a significant contribution to the academic study of the traditions. The breadth of the study is commendable. ?Peter Cotterell , PhD lecturer, London School of Theology About the Author Bernie Power holds degrees in science, arts, and theology, and his doctorate focused on the Hadith. He spent over twenty years as an Interserve partner living and working among Muslims in Asia and the Middle East. Currently he lectures in Islamic studies at the Melbourne School of Theology, Australia.
