Who Is My Enemy?: Questions American Christians Must Face about Islam--and Themselves
Must Christians and Muslims Be Enemies?Current discussion of Islam in America tends toward two polar extremes. On one hand is the notion that Christianity is superior to Islam and that Muslims are warmongers. On the other is the notion that all religions basically say the same thing and are peaceable. Lee Camp argues that both these extremes are wrong. He examines Christian and Islamic views on war, terrorism, and peacemaking, helping American Christians confront their own prejudices and respond to Muslims faithfully."Lee Camp knows Christianity is better than the worst things Christians have done, and he insists we must extend the same grace to Islam.Who Is My Enemy?is an invitation to start addressing the log in our own eye so we can more clearly see into the eyes of others."--Shane Claiborne, author, activist"Lee Camp is courageous, and his courage is to believe that what Jesus taught is relevant today. The argument in this book is an old one with some surprising if not inflammatory twists. But the sad reason this book must be written is that Christians continue to ignore the One who said 'love your enemies.' Waging war and following Jesus are incompatible. Do we have the courage to hear and follow Jesus?"--Scot McKnight, North Park University"Who Is My Enemy?is truly the best book I know for all Christians who want to be faithful to Jesus while figuring out how to relate to Islam. I hope everyone reads it in this time of testing. It is wonderfully written, wonderfully readable, wonderfully insightful, and wonderfully true."--Glen Stassen, Fuller Theological Seminary; author,Living the Sermon on the Mount"When does an astute theological inquiry become utterly engaging? When it opens each of us up to the gracious source of our own existence and lets the scales drop from our eyes. Lee Camp lets us see this process in him, thereby making it possible for us to adopt a new way of seeing. Read this book at your peril, for you will surely discover how entering into another faith tradition can enliven your own."--David Burrell, CSC, Uganda Martyrs University