From Islam to Christ
Subtitle: One Woman's Path through the Riddles of God
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: July 24, 2017
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781621641124
Description: Born and raised in Muslim Turkey, Derya Little wandered far and wide in search of her true home. After her parents' divorce, she rejected her family's Islamic faith and became an atheist. During her stormy adolescence, she tried to convince a Christian missionary that there is no God but was converted to Christ instead.


Her winding path through the riddles of God was not over, however. While attending a Turkish university and serving as a Christian youth minister, Derya began to compare the teachings of Protestantism and Catholicism, and during her doctoral studies in England, she entered the Catholic Church. Ultimately, she ended up in the United States, where she has become a citizen and has settled down to raise a family.


Derya's story provides a window into both Islam and modernity. It shows that the grace and the mercy of God know no bounds.  Rather, the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ reaches souls in the most unlikely places.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Acknowledgements; title: Turkey, Land of My Birth; title: Lessons from Childhood; title: Gender Roles in Turkey; title: Collapse of My Family; title: Loss of My Faith; title: Islam and Christianity; title: Troubled Adolescence; title: Light in the Darkness; title: Meetings with a Missionary; title: Searching for God; title: Grand Inquisitor; title: Burying My Head in the Sand; title: Knocked Over by a Feather; title: Holding On like a Bulldog; title: Rebuilding Burned Bridges; title: Reading Cardinal Ratzinger; title: Jesuits in a Muslim Country; title: Traveling to Rome via England; title: Finding My Better Half across the Atlantic; title: Coming to America; title: Discovering the Joy of Spreading the Faith