{"title":"Moving Beyond a Missionary Model to Muslims? Considering J. Dudley Woodberry Today","authors":"Alexander S. Lee","doi":"10.1177/23969393231216338","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This article situates J. Dudley Woodberry as an exemplar of scholarly evangelical engagement with Islam while suggesting some limitations of his approach for mission today. After a brief sketch of Woodberry’s earliest steps into scholarship, the article locates his contributions to Islamic Studies against the backdrop of developments in the field with specific attention paid to his engagement with lived Islam. It then interacts with responses to Woodberry’s work and reassesses its relevance for Christian mission among Muslims at present. Finally, this article constructively appropriates Woodberry’s ideas to suggest further steps in Christian-Muslim relations through the practice of comparative theology.","PeriodicalId":43117,"journal":{"name":"International Bulletin of Mission Research","volume":"411 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Bulletin of Mission Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23969393231216338","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"RELIGION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This article situates J. Dudley Woodberry as an exemplar of scholarly evangelical engagement with Islam while suggesting some limitations of his approach for mission today. After a brief sketch of Woodberry’s earliest steps into scholarship, the article locates his contributions to Islamic Studies against the backdrop of developments in the field with specific attention paid to his engagement with lived Islam. It then interacts with responses to Woodberry’s work and reassesses its relevance for Christian mission among Muslims at present. Finally, this article constructively appropriates Woodberry’s ideas to suggest further steps in Christian-Muslim relations through the practice of comparative theology.
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With in-depth analyses of worldwide Christianity and mission-focused book reviews, the International Bulletin of Mission Research is an unparalleled source of information on the world church in mission. The editors are committed to maintaining the highest possible academic editorial standards. IBMR provides an editorial voice that is dispassionate, analytical, fair minded, and nonpartisan. The IBMR includes: Feature articles and book reviews written by leading specialists on Christian mission from around the world—scholars from varied academic disciplines and theological perspectives The “Legacy” series with engaging accounts of pivotal mission leaders of the last two centuries and the equally engaging “My Pilgrimage in Mission” series that provides intimate insight into the lives of some of today’s most distinguished mission scholars and practitioners. Regional surveys and analyses of important mission documents and consultations. A “Noteworthy” news column that keeps you up to date on today’s mission leaders, conferences, and study opportunities. A listing of academic dissertations on mission and world Christianity. This dissertation list is online in our “Researching World Christianity: Doctoral Dissertations on Mission Since 1900” database. The feature “Ten Outstanding Books for Mission Studies” appears each April.