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For example, in dealing with interfaith marriage, he points to the fact that, while the Old Testament, the Talmud, and Christian canon law uniformly frown on mixed marriages, the Muslim legal schools allowed Muslim men to marry Jewish and Christian women (p. 160-61). According to the Qur'an, Jews and Christians represent a special category of religious adherents called People of the Book, who were not required to accept Islam or face death, but were allowed to pay a tax and to remain in their communities of faith.

A significant number of Muslim communities throughout the world reflect varying degrees of involvement in Islamic mysticism. What bridges are present in this context that will facilitate not only evangelism, but also discipleship and community formation? Matthew Friedman guides the reader on a journey examining the response of the early Christian community to the challenges of ancient Jewish and Hellenic mysticism, focusing on the central idea of ""union with God in Christ."" Far from finding this to be a leftover from the early Church, he discovers that this theme remained crucial into the Re