In
The Cross and The Crescent, Dr. Dirks, a former ordained minister
(deacon) in the United Methodist Church, a graduate of Harvard Divinity
School and with a doctorate in clinical psychology, reaches out to the
Christians and the Muslims for an interfaith dialogue. Drawing on his
seminary education and thirty years of interaction with Muslims in
America and overseas, the author digs deep into the roots of
Christianity to bring out obscure information that highlights what was
once common between Christianity and Islam. He envisioned that, “In
writing this book, I would like to touch the lives of those Christians
who have not been given the knowledge that I have gained both about
Islam, from my direct contact with Muslims, and about Christianity from
my seminary education. I want to share with those Christians, who are
willing to listen, what is so often known by their clergy and church
leaders, but seldom finds its way into their knowledge of their own
religion. Likewise, I would like to reach out to the Muslims, in order
to help them understand the religious commonality that they share with
Christians”.
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