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