Business in Islam: Contextualizing Business and Mission in Muslim-Majority Nations

We are pleased to offer this fifth title in our APTS Press Monograph Series. This is the publication of the authors doctoral dissertation done through the Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne Indiana USA. The purpose of this series is to give our readers broader access to good scholarship that would otherwise be unavailable outside of the academic community. This is part of our ongoing commitment to discipleship through publishing. Christian mission organizations have enthusiastically embraced business as a means of entry for Christian workers who might not otherwise be able to get into these nations especially MMNs. However the embracing of business raises some immediate concerns. In light of existing tensions between business and Islam wont missions-connected businesses be under the same cloud of conflict? More importantly isnt the Gospel put under this cloud thereby negatively impacting the spread of the kingdom of God? Also if the business-and-mission companies expatriate owners and employees are western (especially American) wont the conflicts inevitably intensify? And if so are there ways such entities can be operated in order to minimize the conflict with Islamic sensitivities? This book will address these and other related questions.