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sweetpeasis's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
staceyr's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
pacific_blue4's review against another edition
5.0
One of the best books I've come across in a long time. This is an amazing, incredible story. I can't recommend this book enough (technically, I listened to the audiobook version, which the author reads himself).
The story starts out really great, and it just gets better and better. I recommend this book to believers and skeptics, Christians and Muslims. I found it helpful and convicting and inspiring all at once. Highly recommend
The story starts out really great, and it just gets better and better. I recommend this book to believers and skeptics, Christians and Muslims. I found it helpful and convicting and inspiring all at once. Highly recommend
susie_reads's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
5.0
tymaa2's review against another edition
2.0
This book was hard to digest because, as a devoted Muslim, it is hard not to feel like an entire nation has been personally scrutinized under a defeatist and dismissive scope. Not taking my biased views into consideration, but many of the claims and details presented in the book are mere fallacies. I did enjoy, however, seeing the matters through his vantage point and exploring the questions he posed.
english_lady03's review against another edition
5.0
Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus is in some sense self-explanatory- the testimony of a devout Muslim who finds Christ. Nebeel’s life however, was not a dramatic one, unlike those of other Muslims from the Middle. He grew up in Scotland and America, a son of living parents, and the member of an Islamic sect which eschewed violence and embraced pacifism. Read clearly by the author himself with the passion of telling his story it is a compulsive listen.
What I personally found most fascination about the work was the way in which the author explores and reveals details of his culture, from family, to social expectations, and the nature of authority. Not only is in the belief in Western ‘permissiveness’ which can cause a clash of civilizations, but many other difference which could prove an obstacle to understanding and witnessing. For instance, the Eastern concept of ‘authority’ is one that emphasis the learning and acceptance of authority figures, rather than personal inquiry. However, by bringing these to light, the author may help overcome these obstacles.
Also, in setting out his path to faith, the author takes a methodical approach, addressing particular questions, issues and Islamic teachings and theology in depth. His was a logical approach, and as the author found the answer to his questions, and also tells the audience how and what these answers were.
Thus this is a book I would recommend for everyone, whether or not they know or witness to people in the Islamic faith. For those who do, I would certainly suggest passing this book onto them. It is also recommended reading for its own sake to get to know more about the cultural and spiritual background which to a greater or lesser extent, has an influence over one sixth of the world’s population.
I downloaded this audiobook for free through the christianaudio.com reviewers program in return for an honest review. I was not required to write a positive one. For more information and products visit http://christianaudio.com
What I personally found most fascination about the work was the way in which the author explores and reveals details of his culture, from family, to social expectations, and the nature of authority. Not only is in the belief in Western ‘permissiveness’ which can cause a clash of civilizations, but many other difference which could prove an obstacle to understanding and witnessing. For instance, the Eastern concept of ‘authority’ is one that emphasis the learning and acceptance of authority figures, rather than personal inquiry. However, by bringing these to light, the author may help overcome these obstacles.
Also, in setting out his path to faith, the author takes a methodical approach, addressing particular questions, issues and Islamic teachings and theology in depth. His was a logical approach, and as the author found the answer to his questions, and also tells the audience how and what these answers were.
Thus this is a book I would recommend for everyone, whether or not they know or witness to people in the Islamic faith. For those who do, I would certainly suggest passing this book onto them. It is also recommended reading for its own sake to get to know more about the cultural and spiritual background which to a greater or lesser extent, has an influence over one sixth of the world’s population.
I downloaded this audiobook for free through the christianaudio.com reviewers program in return for an honest review. I was not required to write a positive one. For more information and products visit http://christianaudio.com