With Richard Shumack

Episode 83 of the PEP Talk podcast, hosted by Andy Bannister, titled "With Richard Shumack" was published on January 18, 2023 and runs 25 minutes.

January 18, 2023 ·25m · PEP Talk

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Summary

If you have friends, colleagues or neighbours from Muslim backgrounds, this episode is for you! There are incredible opportunities in our own diverse society to interact with followers of Islam. What are some of the best ways to introduce them to Jesus? Andy and Kristi have a guest from Australia with some helpful advice. Richard Shumack is a philosopher of religion who is fascinated by how and why people hold their religious beliefs. He is the Director of the Arthur Jeffery Centre for the Study of Islam, at Melbourne School of Theology and, with his wife Judy, is on the pastoral team at Springwood Presbyterian Church in the NSW Blue Mountains. His research specialty is certainty and doubt in religious belief, and he is the author of "Jesus Through Muslim Eyes" [https://www.solas-cpc.org/jesus-through-muslim-eyes-in-conversation-with-richard-shumack/], and the philosophical apologetic "The Wisdom of Islam and the Foolishness of Christianity" [https://www.eden.co.uk/christian-books/theological-studies/christian-academic-books/philosophy/the-wisdom-of-islam-and-the-foolishness-of-christianity/]. He loves Australian football, golf, eating curries, and making and playing acoustic guitars. Support the show [https://www.solas-cpc.org/podcast-book-offer/]

Episode Description

If you have friends, colleagues or neighbours from Muslim backgrounds, this episode is for you! There are incredible opportunities in our own diverse society to interact with followers of Islam. What are some of the best ways to introduce them to Jesus? Andy and Kristi have a guest from Australia with some helpful advice.

Richard Shumack is a philosopher of religion who is fascinated by how and why people hold their religious beliefs. He is the Director of the Arthur Jeffery Centre for the Study of Islam, at Melbourne School of Theology and, with his wife Judy, is on the pastoral team at Springwood Presbyterian Church in the NSW Blue Mountains. His research specialty is certainty and doubt in religious belief, and he is the author of “Jesus Through Muslim Eyes”, and the philosophical apologetic “The Wisdom of Islam and the Foolishness of Christianity”. He loves Australian football, golf, eating curries, and making and playing acoustic guitars.

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