Abstract
Like Christianity, Islam has a world mission. That mission includes evangelistic activity, but is by no means limited to it. In fact, the unity of Islam (religious, cultural, political, economic) is a much more dominant theme today. After two centuries of humiliating subservience to non-Muslims, the Islamic world experienced political emancipation after World War II and has made gradual but accelerating progress the past three decades toward recapturing its sense of unity — aided (and sometimes hindered) by the Palestine conflict, and by oil. In this paper, Professor Sicard traces the current Islamic Renaissance and underscores the new opportunities it affords Christians for vital communication with Muslims today.
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