A startling look at the Muslim world, through the eyes of a Western Christian in a Muslim family. For Christians who work with, live with, or minister to Muslims, this book helps explain the world of Muslim women. Topics include role models, segregation, restrictions, opportunities, family life, and unwritten rules. (20060301)
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"For Christians who work with, live with, or minister to Muslims, this book helps explain the whats and whys of the world of Muslim women. Also dealt with are topics such as role models, segregation, restrictions, opportunities, family life, and unwritten rules." (The Christian Herald 20050801)
"Readers will find Mallouhi's insights, warm tone, and fascinating anecdotes hard to put down. This is one of the most absorbing and readable books on Islam that I have found. It should be required reading for anyone doing mission work among Muslims, but it would also be helpful in other honor based societies, such as Hindu cultures." (Debbie W. Wilson Christian Book Previews )
This book is so packed with details I couldn't even begin to cover part of the situations, but anyone interested in the Arab culture will gain great insight. In the Arab world there is no individual, there is only community. I think every church library should have a copy of this book. It raises so many questions about how we as a group, missionaries or tourists, can give Christians and Americans a bad name and how we can be more sensitive to other cultures. (Jan Arkills Lamplighter Reviews )
"Readers will find Mallouhi's insights, warm tone, and fascinating anecdotes hard to put down. This is one of the most absorbing and readable books on Islam that I have found. It should be required reading for anyone doing mission work among Muslims, but it would also be helpful in other honor based societies, such as Hindu cultures." (Debbie W. Wilson Christian Book Previews )
This book is so packed with details I couldn't even begin to cover part of the situations, but anyone interested in the Arab culture will gain great insight. In the Arab world there is no individual, there is only community. I think every church library should have a copy of this book. It raises so many questions about how we as a group, missionaries or tourists, can give Christians and Americans a bad name and how we can be more sensitive to other cultures. (Jan Arkills Lamplighter Reviews )
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Christine A. Mallouhi, an Australian, is married to an Arab Christian. She and her husband have lived in many different Muslim cultures. She is also the author of Waging Peace on Islam.
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Amazing look at being a Christian in a Muslim world!,
This review is from: Miniskirts, Mothers, and Muslims: A Christian Woman in a Muslim Land (Paperback)
I HIGHLY recommend this book for any woman working or wanting to work in an Middle East/Arab world. It even has implications for countries where Islam is more of a cultural thing than it is a strict religious attachment. Mallouhi has great perspective and will definitely open your eyes to the ways and thinkings of many Muslim cultures. While specifics will differ from Muslim country to Muslim country, the principles are the same. In order to be effective ministers, we need to understand those principles! You must read this book before starting a ministry overseas!
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Thought Provoking, Title Misleading,
This review is from: Miniskirts, Mothers, and Muslims: A Christian Woman in a Muslim Land (Paperback)
This book is meant to improve one's effectiveness at Christian ministry in Arab countries by teaching the principle that if you do not respect culturally established norms, you and your religion will not be seen with respect. If you're a non-Muslim who likes to (or wants to) see things from different perspectives, a careful reading of this book may give you some new material to wrap your open mind around. But it's important to note that Muslim is not synonomous with Arab, and this book almost exclusively concerns Arab countries.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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good book for missionaries,
This review is from: Miniskirts, Mothers, and Muslims: A Christian Woman in a Muslim Land (Paperback)
I enjoyed this book and appreciated hearing about this author's particular experiences in various Arab countries, however, it is definitely a book for missionaries. It seems like she is advocating respect for Muslims, but mainly in order to open the door for them to be lead to Christianity. All in all I did enjoy the author's stories, and it was thought-provoking.
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- Right and Left by Joseph Roth on 4 pages
- Ministering Cross-Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Personal Relationships by Sherwood G. Lingenfelter on page 34, page 51, and Back Matter
- The Christ of the Indian Road by E. Stanley Jones on page 130, page 180, and Back Matter
- Daily Study Bible by William Barclay on page 78, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Beyond the Veil, Revised Edition: Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society by Fatima Mernissi on page 62, page 93, and Back Matter
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