Any ideas?

[Sidney Fisher]

Hi Folks,

A member of my church wants to do a Bible study to learn more about Muslims, Jehovah Witnesses, and Mormans. Any suggestions on any of these? Thanks!

Blessings,

Sidney 

Sidney Fisher

Resource Center Director

Beaver Butler Presbytery

724-452-7515

[Emrcvideos]

LIVING THE QUESTIONS has 'The Jesus FATWAH' about Muslims.  Our churches are using it and having a Muslim speaker.

Rhonda Canale,  Director
No. CA Ecumenical
Media Resource Center
Campbell, CA  95008
www.emrclibrary.org 

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[Pat_S]

The only book I can think of which actually includes information about all three of these groups in a single volume is World Religions in America, Jacob Neusner, editor. 4th edition. (WJK, 2009)  Each chapter includes study questions
 

Islam - John Esposito has written the section "Islam in the World and in America" (pages 143-158.)  He's a highly respected scholar of Islam. That chapter is about 18 pages and includes a references to several of his other books.  There are also a few study questions and references to other books for further reading and two three Islamic websites.

Mormons - "The Latter-day Saint (Mormon) Religion in America and the World," by Danny L. Jorgensen (pages 334-351)

Jehovah's Witnesses - "World Religions Made in the U.S.A.: Apocalyptic Communities--Seventh-day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses, by Dell deChant.  (pages 233-249)

See the "Contents" note in the description for Foothills Presbytery's copy: bit.ly/1LrfacM   
Many other groups are also covered.

Not what the person has requested, but another book which might be of interest, is What Christians Can Learn from Other Religions, by J. Philip Wogeman (WJK, 2014)  It has VERY brief information about a wide range of world relgions; too little information about Islam and not anything about Jehovah's Witnesses or Mormons. My PW group has been studying it this year. Our leader started the year by asking us to each list those characteristics that we felt were unique to Christianity. Her plan is to review those lists at the end of the study. She commented earlier this month that with each lesson she ends up crossing off more items from her own list! 

Book is designed for a group study. Questions at the end of some chapters are a bit lame, but overall it has been a good study from which we've all learned something new.   See further description from Foothills Presbytery's Resource Center catalog: bit.ly/1RlmWHz

Pat Shufeldt, Volunteer Librarian
Foothills Presbytery Resource Center
Simpsonville, SC

[Emrcvideos]

Many churches in northern CA  did a 6 session video study called 'Building Bridges of Understanding'.
An Interfaith Response to Sept. 11 put together by the California Council of Churches.
Includes: Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Sikhism.  Many churches then visited some of the houses of worship
or brought in a speaker.

Our # is VCD-806

Rhonda Canale, Director
No. CA Ecumenical
Media Resource Center

1675 Winchester Blvd.
Campbell, CA  95008
www.emrclibrary.org  
(Catalog is on the website)
408-378-2532

[Sidney Fisher]

Thanks Pat and Rhonda for the great suggestions!!!

Blessings,

Sidney 

Sidney Fisher

Resource Center Director

Beaver Butler Presbytery

724-452-7515

[Pat_S]

For a comparison of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, an excellent video/study guide is Three Faiths, One God (Auteur Productions, 2005)  The $99.00 Institutional Version (available direct or through Amazon) includes public performance rights for libraries and religious institutions. It comes with a very good study guide--although the extensive bibliography could use some updating at this point. The one difficulty with the DVD is that there are no clear-cut chapter endings and beginnings.  You must use a watch to start and stop the segment connected with a specific session.

The video is 116 minutes. I don't remember how many sessions the Study Guide suggests. That's something I ought to add to the description in the Resource Center catalog, but I won't be able to do that for a couple of weeks.  In the meantime, for added details, see the description in the Foothills Presbytery Resource Catalog: bit.ly/1pwFrfU  and on the producer/distributor's website:  http://www.3faiths1god.com   

Pat Shufeldt

Foothills Presbytery Resource Center
Simpsonville,

On Monday, March 14, 2016 at 4:12:44 PM UTC-4, Sidney Fisher wrote: