Bøger af Walter R Ratliff

Walter Ratliff delivers a nonpartisan analysis of how the Sept. 11th attacks revolutionized evangelical attitudes toward Muslims and Islam. The book gives readers a rare inside look at top evangelical schools, denominations and media outlets that shape the movement's attitudes. Many evangelicals now see Islam as a second front in the culture wars. Yet, some are building bridges with Muslims over the new fault lines that emerged after the 2001 attacks. Highlights include a comprehensive analysis of Muslims and Islam in the evangelical press from 1998 to 2003, the perspective of Muslim-Americans since the attacks, and a rare view at the internal debates among top evangelical leaders.

They were seeking religious freedom and the Second Coming of Christ in Central Asia. They found themselves in the care of a Muslim king. During the 1880s, Mennonites from Russia made a treacherous journey to the Silk Road kingdom of Khiva. Both Uzbek and Mennonite history seemed to set the stage for ongoing religious and ethnic discord. Yet their story became an example of friendship and cooperation between Muslims and Christians.Pilgrims on the Silk Road challenges conventional wisdom about the trek to Central Asia and the settlement of Ak Metchet. It shows how the story, long associated with failed End Times prophecies, is being a recast in light of new evidence. Pilgrims highlights the role of Ak Metchet as a refuge for those fleeing Soviet oppression, and the continuing influence of the episode more than twelve decades later.