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nurturing your chien inthe faith ‘soied about the conten of education, zsking to what extent it Is seve toreligion, ther there is «tremendous potential fr creative collaboration, Vcvistians tiak the aly agenda for reletlorship fsa mareniy corversionased one, Muss ul hate iterested. If we are much more upfront and say of courseas Christians we would lke you 0 ‘socom Chistian, Must say the sae Lous in cers of daa. hi we cam learn to ve reat nen ena, my suspic Is mest Muslims are mre worries about FEATURES, eat they perce te ea gates sovity than teyare with Cristian mission So long as Christians ae ‘ransvert about thelr molves. $0 Tog as we lest to speah about the other a way thatthe ater cas reaxqlse themselves, Ifa tink Fastin wil wory luo muck ‘hat Vue seen inact ie Bradfvd oer the years ane mat heareens me musta orinety vistas in our congnegations real to yoate with Muslims at a haan feel | ink of ane Chine ‘do re 1038, ot fer Hoon ere wae qoup of Cristian waren aed Lu elete w thelr stim nelgrours ina natura way they cule see that there was no adequate provision for motte’ and {ede coups 30 hey set one up. No alter couple of years a nvely aoup meets lee a eek, I's very modest ar, tall Muslim Hall Christan. The women have crossed ‘al psychologk Server and they an nn ele inate ay ‘tty the onganse of the ‘aoup that when one ofthe grup went back Le Pallsan. se hal bee so impressed with skis Muslirs ane Critan water group chat she et up senetning sie In Fatiten Soi sens to rei ne can yet ver ne ear We emerta cf sae ce a bagi a cea hum beings, but human beings for wt: rebgon isapertanl, ad oe ‘eveiopa vucabulay fo Lak about religion it seems to me weave ‘ing something very mpoxtat in acy like Ballon Tloovgh suck inieraction bejudices elt ane the rest. we ca leave that bo Ge a Hans Fa al he a phe ta eb 1p 2 ay. rset as 200 Years of Missions to Muslims Part 3: The First Century Alexander Duff (1806-1878) and The Educational Approach Aeaner Dull wan bat nt poor but stam erangeeal alist family Sota Convetee asa boy olga rea of dgement ane ne stbsequenth experience a urbe dream ‘tc esa the eat then of ‘dot und ean te words ‘Cane ite nave work fr thee to de Late at St andrews Universi is fal eas ot ah ue the influences Tomas Chale leader ofthe evangelical partyin te ‘Chuseh of Scotian. The Scottish Cenc was then eons Involvement in overseas mi anigafter some hesitation Dut became the fist rissioay sent out by tne nea Churct of Scciand Missionary Society. The society's eomeiltee spiel nstructed him tw commence educational wrk cancer tat rected the rationalist inleaced belief Lhe (Churchis "nodeate” party tat western education waa pracpavatlo exangelica. 3 belief that ui lms shared Arssng in Cale In. 189, pe the mites resales acer from tne entation aierary cendeavoun othe missionaries and ‘ule astenninea that Enlist ied st latin for the higher classes would be his couse af approach. Th ne Fovowea eespice nuthin pestton woe toe Indias an cue isi Lier is appa was atogted by folaermis.ors suas (MSant Us and bis influence spel welt in Inca ether mission felas, as vais m government chek, Bult rele frm Ina In 189 and subsequently became pfessor of evsngilstictheslogy at St Andrews the irs person to teach Misslalogy in Briton univesity. But pg alle on th Foundation of eles ulssionaris ad begun fle nso atk Ierany warlsas well as estabisning smal scale vernacular vilage Schools. Uke them, he emphasised salvation from buth damnation tue next orld and the corrupting lft of ih’s deity inthis world, the deceptions of Had ang [sam being understood as 3 sigaifiant case of the latter Feuer Dulles fem eater imissionates in aiming Io reat the infiuental elses” through English netinm hgheredueation His potey was base on Lv accuse obeervaions, First the npper lasses were strategie talisting the brig twaian cruzen seconely the cational vguinents missonates used 19 desi sla a nals were Ineffeciv because nla thovaht patterns worked in qulle devant ‘ys. However his yather ‘uestiomble soliton as ulte simply to chaage the way Ind. zn {hough Heheleved tat only ena contained the emneeptaal ‘ategiesnscessany Lo ele Christan dtr, he woul thas ‘educte the upper asses in Eglih tnd then allow the Gaspel to pteclatethioush ther o he eer ves of society Duis pay of teach rg ne [le in schools was radical and Inti! nppasition both ftom nnisslnares at Indian agitation Duff also ensured tac irstinl permeate: al subjects ay te saw lie dangers of auely seealae rational education ad sessed the ‘ed for orl cualications if anyone was to comectyunderstaed toutn, Yeverhetes ne strony supported Loe sud of atone Fa his seo bles it woul cesoy Isla 2nd Hints but Lately prove Christan Dall was intensely concert fr tbe woke na ad a majo xtocate ofthe establish of meatal elvan in il, ace he often refered te risson as (vise pltanthrnpy, imately nese concerns were merged a che edacatioral approach evoked Inco the mutipronged approach, wher: medal and educational wars wee te Inked alums evangelist ork, Bull's mos lasting

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