Book Review: What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Qur’an

Christians and Muslims are much too ignorant about each other’s sacred texts, and Reformed apologist James White aims to remedy the situation. Having debated no less than 25 Muslims over the past two decades (see http://www.aomin.org/aoblog/index.php/about/ [accessed September 30, 2013]), White has compiled his research into a book on how the Qur’an informs the most crucial issues at the heart of Christian-Muslim dialogue. His primary purpose is to equip Christians to engage in fruitful interfaith conversations with Muslim neighbors, “so that we who are commanded to bring the message of the gospel to all can obey our Lord’s mandate with reference to the Muslim people” (p. 14). White also addresses a secondary audience of Muslim readers, who may read “to know how a Christian apologist, theologian, and minister ‘hears’ your sacred text and religious beliefs” (p. 14). Keep reading