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Westerdahl Lectures to Feature Scholar of Islam
CHICAGO, IL (January 26, 2005) - Dudley Woodberry, one of the foremost Christian
scholars of Islam, will deliver the Westerdahl Lectures at North Park
Theological Seminary. A professor of Islamic studies at Fuller
Theological Seminary, Woodberry will present the lectures beginning at 9
a.m. February 23 in Isaacson Chapel.
The overarching theme for the two lectures will be "The Encounter of
Christ and the Crescent Today: Receptivity as well as Resistance." The
first lecture will be "The Spectrum of Muslim Conversions: From God's
Hand in Current Events to the Reasons Converts Give." The second will be
"The Spectrum of Muslim Movements to Christ: From House Churches to
Movements within the Muslim Community."
Woodberry's missionary experience has been in Pakistan, Afghanistan and
Saudi Arabia. He also has served as consultant on the Muslim world to
President Carter, the U.S. State Department, U.S. AID and other U.S.
governmental agencies.
He has been active in the Zwemer Institute of Islamic Studies and served
as coordinator and acting senior associate of the Muslim track of the
Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization.
In addition to writing numerous articles and book chapters, Dudley has
edited Muslims and Christians on the Emmaus Road, Where Muslims and
Christians Meet: Area Studies (1989) and Missiological Education
for the 21st Century: The Book, the Circle, and the Sandals. His
recent teaching and lecturing trips have taken him to Korea, Indonesia,
Denmark, Norway and Pakistan.
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