Islam. Radicals. Terror. Holy War.
Islam. Radicals. Terror. Holy War.
Headlines scream words like these every day. But beyond the fear, confusion, and shouting matches on the internet and cable news, what is the real truth about Islam? Do Christianity and Islam have anything in common? And is there a solution to the conflict between these world religions?
In Kingdoms at War Kingdoms at War, world-renowned Christian thinker Ravi Zacharias explains how Christianity and Islam are not merely two incompatible belief systems but diametrically opposed kingdoms set on a collision course with historical, global consequences. Upon examination, the differences between these worldviews are stark–and yet full of reasons to hope for peace. Kingdoms at War Kingdoms at War reveals the following key points of tension:
•How the Koran and the Bible set up opposing value systems
•Contrasting beliefs about the nature of mankind
•How different Jesus and Mohammed truly are
•The grace of Christianity versus the legalism of Islam
•Why many Muslims live in fear
•Why Muslim women struggle for status and fair treatment
•A God of intimate relationship versus distant demands
•Conversion though conviction versus conquest.
Equip yourself with trustworthy, essential facts to understand the centuries-old worldwide tension between followers of Jesus and followers of Mohammed. Learn how to offer the life-changing solution to those who yearn for a different sort of triumphant kingdom.
Frederick Antony Ravi Kumar Zacharias was born in India in 1946 and immigrated to Canada with his family twenty years later. While pursuing a career in business management, his interest in theology grew; subsequently, he pursued this study during his undergraduate education. He received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois. Well-versed in the disciplines of comparative religions, cults, and philosophy, he held the chair of Evangelism and Contemporary Thought at Alliance Theological Seminary for three and a half years.
He has multiple other doctorates and degrees from a variety of colleges and seminaries.
For 35 years Ravi Zacharias has spoken all over the world and in numerous universities, notably Harvard, Princeton, and Oxford University. He has addressed writers of the peace accord in South Africa, the president's cabinet and parliament in Peru, and military officers at the Lenin Military Academy and the Center for Geopolitical Strategy in Moscow. At the invitation of the President of Nigeria, he addressed delegates at the First Annual Prayer Breakfast for African Leaders held in Mozambique.
Dr. Zacharias has direct contact with key leaders, senators, congressmen, and governors who consult him on an ongoing basis. He has addressed the Florida Legislature and the Governor’s Prayer Breakfast in Texas, and has twice spoken at the Annual Prayer Breakfast at the United Nations in New York, which marks the beginning of the UN General Assembly each year. As the 2008 Honorary Chairman of the National Day of Prayer, he gave addresses at the White House, the Pentagon, and The Cannon House.
Commentator Chuck Colson referred to Zacharias as "the great apologist of our time."
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