Encountering the World of Islam is now available in Chinese!

Click on the links below to download .pdf files of the different sections of the book.

• Inside Cover
• Introduction and Index
• Lesson 1: The Founding of Islam
• Lesson 2: The Expansion of Islam
• Lesson 3: Islamic Beliefs
• Lesson 4: Contemporary Muslims
• Lesson 5: Islam in Everyday Life
• Lesson 6: The Spiritual World of Muslims
• Lesson 7: Cultural Barriers
• Lesson 8: Theological Issues
• Lesson 9: Past Approaches To Outreach
• Lesson 10: Church Planting and Contextualization
• Lesson 11: Our Response to Islam
• Lesson 12: Prayer For the Muslim World
• Back Cover

Supplemental Readings:

• Index
• Readings 1 and 2: Mohammed and the Crusades
• Reading 3a: Basic Concepts of Islam part 1
• Reading 3b: Basic Concepts of Islam part 2
• Reading 4: Islamic Fundamentalism
• Reading 5: Muslim Worldview
• Readings 6 and 7: Spiritual World
• Reading 8: Jesus, Crucifixion, Peace Paths
• Readings 9 and 10: Courage, Trauma, Tentmaking
• Reading 11: Forms of Witness
• Reading 12: I Chose Jesus; Prayer for Muslim Women

Some of these files are large and may take a few minutes to open completely.