The Process of Conversion and the Freedom to Convert

Contents:

• Editorial
• Conversion – a Fascinating Phenomenon (Reinhold Strähler)
• Freedom to change one’s religion as the acid test of religious freedom (Heiner Bielefeldt)
• Book review

Islam and Reformation (Part 2)

Contents:

• Editorial
• Martin Luther’s “(through) Faith alone” (sola fide) and the Issue of Good Works (Thomas Jeising)
• The Essence of Faith and the Role of Good Works in the Qur’an (Carsten Polanz)
• Book review

Islam and Reformation (Part 1)

Contents:

• Editorial
• Does Islam need Reformation or Enlightenment? The response of two German Muslims to Islam’s identity crisis (Carsten Polanz)
• Martin Luther and Islam (Athina Lexutt)
• Book review

Same Words – Same Meanings?
Islam as Theological Challenge (Part 2)

Contents:

• Editorial
• Islam as Theological Challenge (Part 2) – The relationship between narrative and commandment in the Bible and the Qurʾān (Heiko Wenzel)
• The Language of Love in Qur’ān and Gospel (Part 2) – Reflections of Muslims Scholars on the Qur’ānic Material (Gordon Nickel)
• Book review

Same Words – Same Meanings?
Islam as Theological Challenge

Contents:

• Editorial
• Islam as Theological Challenge (Part 1) – On Jesus Christ’s Relationship
  to the Hebrew Bible in the New Testament and in the Qur’ān (Heiko Wenzel)
• The Language of Love in Qur’ān and Gospel (Part 1) (Gordon Nickel)
• Book review

The Invitation to Islam (Daʿwa) and Dialogue in the 21st Century

Contents:

• Editorial
• Is Dialogue a One-Way Street? The Hostile Image of Christianity in the Context of Modern Muslim Daʿwa Initiatives (Johannes Kandel)
• The Use of Sūra 3:64 in Interfaith Appeals: Dialogue or Daʿwa? (Gordon Nickel)
• Book Review

PDF: Islam und christlicher Glaube Nr. 2/2015 (15. Jg.)

The “Islamic State” and the Key Questions in the Jihad Debate

Contents:

• Editorial
• The Middle East – quo vadis? The emergence and ideology of “Islamic State” (IS) in Iraq and Syria (Christine Schirrmacher)
• Terror’s ideological Seed – Key Questions in the Islamic
  Jihad Debate (Carsten Polanz)
• Book Review