{"product_id":"pillars-how-muslim-friends-led-me-closer-to-jesus-9781636080062","title":"Pillars: How Muslim Friends Led Me Closer to Jesus","description":"\u003cb\u003ePersonal friendships with Somali Muslims \u003c\/b\u003eovercome the prejudices and expand the faith of a typical American Evangelical Christian living in the Horn of Africa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Rachel Pieh Jones moved from Minnesota to rural Somalia\u003c\/b\u003e with her husband and twin toddlers eighteen years ago, she was secure in a faith that defined who was right and who was wrong, who was saved and who needed saving. She had been taught that Islam was evil, full of lies and darkness, and that the world would be better without it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuckily, locals show compassion for this blundering \u003c\/b\u003eoutsider who can't keep her headscarf on or her toddlers from tripping over AK-47s. After the murder of several foreigners forces them to evacuate, the Joneses resettle in nearby Djibouti. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJones recounts, often entertainingly, \u003c\/b\u003ethe personal encounters and growing friendships that gradually dismantle her unspoken fears and prejudices and deepen her appreciation for Islam. Unexpectedly, along the way she also gains a far richer understanding of her own Christian faith. Grouping her stories around the five pillars of Islam - creed, prayer, fasting, giving, and pilgrimage - Jones shows how her Muslim friends' devotion to these pillars leads her to rediscover ancient Christian practices her own religious tradition has lost or neglected. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJones brings the reader along \u003c\/b\u003eas she reexamines her assumptions about faith and God through the lens of Islam and Somali culture. Are God and Allah the same? What happens when one's ideas about God and the Bible crumble and the only people around are Muslims? What happens is that she discovers that Jesus is more generous, daring, and loving than she ever imagined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13998773\"\u003eRachel Pieh Jones\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Plough Publishing House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636080062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1636080065\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL030000\"\u003eChristian Ministry | Evangelism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL037000\"\u003eIslam | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Plough Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43832805982347,"sku":"9781636080062","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_80f04ed9-3a6f-4b4a-a8b9-c0da97258e53.jpg?v=1755623353","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/pillars-how-muslim-friends-led-me-closer-to-jesus-9781636080062","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}