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Palestinian Muslims converting to Christianity : effective evangelistic methods in the West Bank
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/40184 Palestinian Muslims converting to Christianity : effective evangelistic methods in the West Bank Van Niekerk, A.S. (Attie) Dunning, Craig A. West Bank Evangelism Christianity Contextualization Belief / Believe Conversion Dreams Insider movement Muslim background believer (MBB) Palestinian / Palestine Prayer UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2013. This thesis provides the findings of an explanatory case study that utilized elements of ethnographic research to discover effective evangelistic methods being practiced among Palestinian Muslims in the West Bank. With the assistance of gatekeepers, twenty-four former Muslims were asked to explain how they were evangelized, with a particular focus on evangelistic methodology, the barriers to faith the respondents encountered, solutions to those barriers, and motivations to consider conversion. This qualitative study follows the research model of Thom Rainer (2001) by asking those who have actually converted to describe the things that were helpful in the process of their coming to faith. For a theoretical framework it utilizes a nuance of McKnight’s (2002) theory of conversion with an emphasis on crisis providing an intersection of the natural and supernatural for the purpose of conversion. This thesis investigates examples of effective evangelism within the context of the West Bank, giving thorough consideration to Palestinian Nationalism and Islam as overarching cultural influences. It considers fruitful practices being practiced globally among Muslims, comparing those with what was found being practiced in the West Bank. The advocates represented in this report were primarily Palestinians born and raised in the West Bank, with the exception of three messianic Jewish Israelis and an American missionary. Additionally, they were evangelicals who generally utilized a contextually sensitive, traditional mission approach rather than an Insider model. The end result is a knowledge base that can be helpful for future evangelism of Muslims in the West Bank or other similar contexts. gm2014 Science of Religion and Missiology unrestricted 2014-06-17T12:58:06Z 2014-06-17T12:58:06Z 2014-04-25 2013 Thesis Dunning, CA 2013, Palestinian Muslims converting to Christianity : effective evangelistic methods in the West Bank, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40184> C14/4/28/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40184 en © 2013 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | West Bank Evangelism Christianity Contextualization Belief / Believe Conversion Dreams Insider movement Muslim background believer (MBB) Palestinian / Palestine Prayer UCTD Palestinian Muslims converting to Christianity : effective evangelistic methods in the West Bank |
| title | Palestinian Muslims converting to Christianity : effective evangelistic methods in the West Bank |
| title_full | Palestinian Muslims converting to Christianity : effective evangelistic methods in the West Bank |
| title_fullStr | Palestinian Muslims converting to Christianity : effective evangelistic methods in the West Bank |
| title_full_unstemmed | Palestinian Muslims converting to Christianity : effective evangelistic methods in the West Bank |
| title_short | Palestinian Muslims converting to Christianity : effective evangelistic methods in the West Bank |
| title_sort | palestinian muslims converting to christianity effective evangelistic methods in the west bank |
| topic | West Bank Evangelism Christianity Contextualization Belief / Believe Conversion Dreams Insider movement Muslim background believer (MBB) Palestinian / Palestine Prayer UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40184 |