Community and Controversy: Key Causes of Muslim Resistance

Abstract

In this excerpt, taken from the longer paper he presented at High Wycombe, Professor Goldsmith goes well beyond the isolation of these two key problems in Muslim evangelism. As he points out, Muslim community solidarity need not be viewed only as a deterrent to Christian conversion; this concept can cut both ways if we are creative enough to take advantage of it. The author's fresh alternatives to controversy are also challenging: Islamicized parables; and the use of pointed questions, not unlike those used by our Lord in his witness to the Jewish leadership of his day.