Baker Academic Spring 2024 Catalog

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Crossing Cultures with the Gospel Anthropological Wisdom for Effective Christian Witness

Darrell L. Whiteman Foreword by Miriam Adeney

A leading missiologist helps people in ministry learn how to explore and under- stand their social, cultural, and religious context so they can more effectively witness to people in cultures different from their own.

“Whiteman is a master teacher of cross-cultural missionaries around the world. This book summarizes his insights on incarnational mission. I find great wisdom and inspiration in these pages.” —DANA L. ROBERT, Boston University “A magnificent tour de force. It should be read by every missionary but also by any disciple who yearns to minister faithfully, creatively, and effectively in today’s multicultural church and world.” —STEPHEN BEVANS, SVD, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago (emeritus) Darrell L. Whiteman (PhD, Southern Illinois University) is founder and director of Global Development, a missiological training and discipleship ministry. After missionary service around the world, he taught for twenty-one years at Asbury Theological Seminary.

NOW AVAILABLE • 272 pp. • paper • $27.99 • 9781540960467

A Concise Guide to Islam Defining Key Concepts and Terms Ayman S. Ibrahim

In this compact volume, an expert in the study of Islam provides explanations for more than one hundred important Islamic concepts and terms.

“Ibrahim opens windows into our Muslim neighbors’ worldview by clearly explaining Islam’s key concepts and vocabulary. An excellent resource for healthy dialogue.” —GEORGE BRISTOW, Institute for the Study of Religion in the Middle East (ISRME) “A valuable book, incorporating up-to-date scholarship in an easy-to-read style. Ibrahim has provided a versatile volume that promises to be frequently consulted.” —DUANE ALEXANDER MILLER, Protestant Faculty of Theology at Madrid (UEBE) Ayman S. Ibrahim (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary; PhD, Haifa University) is Bill and Connie Jenkins Professor of Islamic Studies and director of the Jenkins Center for the Christian Understanding of Islam at The Southern Baptist Theo- logical Seminary.

NOW AVAILABLE

• 208 pp. • paper • $23.99 • 9781540966667

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