num_pages: 162
description: Fulfill Christ's injunction in Matthew 25!Pastoral Care to Building Bridges recognizes that more and more often pastoral care workers are encountering Muslims in hospitals. This is the guidebook you need to provide the spiritual support these patients are able to accept--support that doesn't conflict with their religious affiliations.The first section of Pastoral Care to Muslims provides an outline of the major beliefs of Islam, chiefly those that relate to illness and dying. The Koran is freely quoted to support these beliefs and practices. The second section of the book delivers a set of guidelines for the practice of pastoral care to hospitalized Muslims. These guidelines have been field tested with positive results. The book's two appendixes supply you with samples of the kinds of prayers that are acceptable to Muslims. In this valuable book you'll Plus explanations of terms and concepts found in Islam, Pastoral Care to Building Bridges will help you do just build bridges between Christians and Muslims. It will supply you with material you can use to minister to Muslims without the fear of offending them and give you the confidence you need to deliver effective pastoral care to this growing segment of the population.
language: English
title: Pastoral Care to Muslims: Building Bridges
titlecomplete: Pastoral Care to Muslims: Building Bridges
publisher: Routledge