Muslim polemic and indigenous Christian response in 19th-century South Asia
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Four Indian Christians from Muslim background set the tone for how to answer Muslim accusations against the Bible over the course of the 19th century. Their contributions became poorly known through widespread neglect during the 20th century. Those precious contributions need to be resurrected and highlighted in order to resource Christians today for deep and meaningful interfaith encounter.
Speaker
Dr Gordon Nickel
retired missionary and professor
Dr Nickel is a retired missionary and professor. He spent six years of his childhood in south India, then as an adult taught in Karachi, Hyderabad, and Bangalore much of 1988-2016. His MA is from SOAS (South Asian Religious Studies) and his PhD from the University of Calgary (Quranic Studies).
Publications include:
Narratives of tampering in the earliest commentaries on the Qur’ān, Brill, 2011
The gentle answer to the Muslim accusation of biblical falsification, Bruton Gate, 2015
The Quran with Christian commentary: A guide to understanding the scripture of Islam, Zondervan, 2020
Present projects include:
Writing and editing of vol. 24 of CMRBH, South Asia 19th century, and
Controversy with Jews and Christians, an annotated translation of the Tafsīr Muqātil ibn Sulaymān on Suras 2 and 3
