The Jihad of Jesus: The Sacred Nonviolent Struggle for Justice, by Dave Andrews
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We are caught up in the cycle of so-called "holy wars" In The Jihad of Jesus, Dave Andrews argues that while this inter-communal conflict is endemic, it is not inevitable. Depending on our understanding, our religions can be either a source of escalating conflict or a resource for overcoming inter-communal conflict; and for our religions to be a resource for overcoming conflict, we need to understand the heart of all true religion as open-hearted compassionate spirituality. In the light of an open-hearted compassionate spirituality, we can reclaim the word "jihad" from extremists who have (mis)appropriated it as a call to "holy war" and reframe it, in truly Qur'anic terms, as a "sacred nonviolent struggle for justice" and we can reconsider Jesus, as he is in the Gospels, not as a poster boy for Christians fighting crusades against Muslims, but as "a strong-but-gentle Messianic figure" who can bring Christians and Muslims together. As this book shows, many Christians and Muslims have found Isa (Jesus) and the Bismillah (celebrating the mercy, grace, and compassion of God) as common ground upon which they can stand and work for the common good. The Jihad of Jesus is a handbook for reconciliation and action: a do-it-yourself guide for all Christians and Muslims who want to move beyond the "clash of civilizations" join the jihad of Jesus, and struggle for justice and peace nonviolently side by side.
The Jihad of Jesus: The Sacred Nonviolent Struggle for Justice, by Dave Andrews- Amazon Sales Rank: #475236 in Books
- Published on: 2015-06-01
- Released on: 2015-05-29
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .44" w x 6.00" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 188 pages
Review FOR BACK COVER:''Dave Andrews [is] one of the leading prophetic voices of our time.''--Mike Riddell, Pastor, Activist, Author''Things I [have been] thinking, but had been afraid to say out loud, Dave [has been] saying boldly. . . . He speaks to my soul in a way that nobody else does.''--Brian McLaren, Pastor, Activist, and Author''Dave's reflections demonstrate that Muslims and Christians have much to teach to and learn from each other . . . .''--Halim Rane, Griffith Islamic Studies Research Unit, Brisbane, Australia''There is no doubt in my heart that the best way of building bridges of understanding is through respectful dialogue. . . . Dave's approach will surely help us get closer to this noble end.''--Mohamad Abdalla, Griffith Islamic Research Unit, Brisbane, Australia''I encourage all who are seeking to follow Jesus beyond the bounds of institutional 'Christianity' to read and discuss this important book.''--Wes Howard-Brook, Seattle UniversityFOR INSIDE OF BOOK:''Dave Andrews (is) one of the leading prophetic voices of our time.''--Mike Riddell - Prominent Christian Pastor, Activist and Author of Godzone and Sacred Journey - Spiritual Wisdom for Times of Transition.''Things I (have been) thinking, but had been afraid to say out loud, Dave (has been) saying boldly. Ideas I (have been) tentatively considering, he has already been living for years. I've seen the beautiful things he has been doing in a particularly challenging neighborhood. You'll see in Dave's writings that he is highly knowledgeable, not only from an academic standpoint, but also from a grass-roots, experiential level. His writing on these subjects grows from what he has done on the ground. He speaks to my soul in a way that nobody else does.''--Brian McLaren - Prominent Christian Pastor, Activist and Author of Why did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road? ''Dave Andrews is a man whose life reflects consciousness of God. His personal piety, kindnesses to others and service to the needy are manifestations of Dave's God-consciousness. Dave's reflections demonstrate that Muslims and Christians have much to teach to and learn from each other in respect to navigating a path towards God and living according to God's will.''--Dr. Halim Rane - Associate Professor, Griffith University, and Deputy Director, Griffith Islamic Studies Research Unit (GIRU), Brisbane, Australia.''Dave Andrews speaks and writes as a committed Christian actively engaged in the lives of people of all faith traditions, especially those marginalized by dominant cultures. His book situates Christian-Muslim dialogue not in abstractions or dogma, but in the practical concerns of people seeking dignity, respect and fullness of life. I encourage all who are seeking to follow Jesus beyond the bounds of institutional ''Christianity'' to read and discuss this important book.''--Wes Howard-Brook, Seattle University, Author of ''Come Out, My People!'' - God's Call Out of Empire in the Bible and Beyond. --Wipf and Stock Publishers''Dave Andrews is already known for his positive work with both (Muslim and Christian) communities. Dave's concern undoubtedly stems from compassion, that which the Qur'an refers to when it declares: '… After those [messengers] We sent Jesus the son of Mary: We gave him the Gospel and put compassion and mercy into the hearts of his followers…' (57:27). There is no doubt in my heart that the best way of building bridges of understanding is through respectful dialogue. Meeting people and allowing for genuine and respectful engagement helps us to grow and nurture our humanness. Dave's approach will surely help us get closer to this noble end.''--Dr. Mohamad Abdalla - Associate Professor, Griffith University, Director, Griffith Islamic Research Unit (GIRU) and Director, Queensland node of the National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies (NCEIS), Australia.''Dave Andrews is that rare mix - rigorous intellect, passionate activist, theologian and artist, theorist and practitioner - committed to real life at the sharp end. The Jihad Of Jesus is an essential read for anyone curious about ''the central conflict of our times'' - about how two great Abrahamic faiths, rooted in traditions of justice, love and peace, have motivated such violence, wreaking havoc and destruction from ancient Crusades to 9/11, 7/7 and the War on Terror. Dave digs deep into the history, culture and tradition of Islam and Christianity and the implications of ''the struggle'' for both Christian and Muslim are explored in detail, from the global story, right in to your neighborhood. Dave works hard to rebalance distorted perspectives, rediscovering the rudiments of faith and bringing fresh insights (that) bring contrasting traditions and distinctive world-views together, to inspire peace and development. This book (is) highly recommended.''--Andy Turner - Community worker and Chair of Greenbelt - 'Creating Spaces Where Arts, Faith And Justice Collide' - UK.''I honestly believe (Dave) has the character that we should be embodying - (better than a majority of Muslims) - and I think that's why he has this affect on us (not being Christian). Surely refinement of character only comes with purifying one's understanding of religion. I've always been perceived by some as 'conservative', but throughout his reflections (on the Bismillah) I was in awe, because it was as if he was either reading my mind or taking the words off my tongue. May Allah grant him eternal happiness. Ameen.''--Riffat Gurdezi - Northside Da'wah Revival, Brisbane Australia. ''The Jihad of Jesus is an engaging book which tackles honestly and courageously some of the thorniest issues around religion and political violence. It translates scholarly works into fluent and moving language, provides a critical history of Christianity and Islam, and encourages a re-reading of the original intentions of these religious traditions which has the potential to inspire many to move away from violence in their moral and political struggles.''--Dr. Alexandre Christoyannopoulos - Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK.''This book pulls no punches. It explains clearly some of the difficult history of violence carried out in the name of Christianity and Islam throughout the centuries. It should be read by all those who want to dedicate themselves to the path of peace.''--Andrew Pratt - Advisor and Coordinator, Inter-faith Work, Blackburn Diocese, and Former Chief Superintendent, National Community Tension Team, UK. --Wipf and Stock Publishers''This is a greatly needed book. If Christians and Muslims could do more struggling together for mutual understanding and for genuine peace, the 'War against Terror' could actually be won. Dave's book is one of the very few books available today that promotes a solution right at the problematic root of the bitter fruit of terrorism and counter-terrorism. This book gives us insight into what types of blindness, ideology and cruelty underpin the clash between the self-righteous overpowering global dominance of the West, and deeply wounded Islamic piety. The West, and Western Christians, must face our own demons and renounce of our global imperialism and violence, and the Islamic world must likewise face the fact that aiding and abetting the one-eyed violent fanaticism of religious extremists simply keeps the cycle of horror going. The common resources for genuine peace are already there, in Christianity and Islam, in the non-violent struggle for justice of the Messiah or Masih - known as Jesus to Christians and Isa to Muslims. In The Jihad of Jesus, Dave Andrews points out how both faiths have entrenched histories of rejecting Jesus/Isa as an example of nonviolence whilst perpetrated horrifying violent atrocities in the name of God. Equally, both Christians and Muslims have astonishing exemplars of the kind of the radical, sacrificial, non-violent reconciliation modeled by Jesus/Isa. The Jihad of Jesus points us away from the ongoing cycle of violence perpetuated in order to gain some illusory 'total victory' over 'the other', and towards reconciliation, collaboration and transformation'.''--Dr. Paul Tyson, Hon. Assistant Professor, Theology and Religious Studies, University of Nottingham, UK, and Author of Returning To Reality.''Jihad is a much abused term but most Muslims know that the greater Jihad is not to use force but to use what Gandhi called 'Soul force' to resist temptation and evil. In The Jihad of Jesus, Dave Andrews gives us some important and tested observations on the sources of violence and both the reason and the means for resistance, and he does so by drawing on the wisdom of both Muslim and Christian scholarship and experience. Dave Andrews books come from the heart but also from open and hard-working hands: from his own experiments in compassionate resistance to the violence of this age. For purposeful interfaith engagement with the world as it is I very much recommend this book.'' --Dr. Keith Hebden - Editor of A Pinch Of Salt, Author of Seeking Justice, Pioneer Minister and 'Seeking Justice' Advisor, Mansfield, UK. ''The Jihad of Jesus is a manual for waging jihad. And make no mistake; Dave Andrews wants you to wage jihad. Not the violent jihad of extremists; but a 'strong yet gentle nonviolent struggle'. Dave's model for this is Jesus: the jihad of Jesus. Drawing on the teachings of both Christian and Muslim scholars and faith examples from both traditions he presents Jesus as the supreme example of jihad. This is challenging stuff. Dave does not shy away from the litany of horror perpetrated in religions name. But just as you want to turn away and scream 'enough!' Dave leads the reader towards a deeply compassionate and nonviolent reading of jihad, teachings which are found in the Qur'an as well as the Bible. This is a book that proceeds with that rare combination of care and urgency. With Jesus as his guide Dave argues that the meaning of jihad is to transform ourselves into living examples of love and to fight injustice with the tools of nonviolent action. This is the jihad that threatens tyrants and empires of all stripes. This is the jihad we need.''--Dr. Jason MacLeod - Religious Society of Friends, Academic Advisor for the International Center for Nonviolent Conflict, Washington DC, USA. --Wipf and Stock Publishers
About the Author Dave Andrews has lived and worked in intentional communities with marginalized groups of people in Australia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India for forty years. He is a founder of the Waiters Union; an educator for TEAR Australia; a trainer for Praxis Community Co-operative; a teacher at Christian Heritage College; an elder emeritus for Servants to Asia's Urban Poor; and a member of AMARAH (Australian Muslim Advocates for the Rights of All Humanity). www.daveandrews.com.au
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Worth a read but ultimately unsatisfying By KahnaKuhl Full disclosure: I received a free e-book of The Jihad of Jesus through Mike Morrell's Speakeasy website on the understanding that I would provide a fair and even-handed review. So here goes...I admire what Dave Andrews is trying to do with this book - to bring Christians and Muslims together by identifying where their peacemaking traditions intersect. I admire even more that Andrews is more than a theoretician - as a radical Jesus-follower he actively engages with Muslim leaders and lives a simple and compassionate life in close contact with the urban poor and disadvantaged in Melbourne, Australia.But while this book is informative - I discovered a couple of new peacebuilding heroes while reading it, as well as finding out more about those I already admire - I found Andrews' contention that a life of faith (Muslim or Christian) based on a central theme of "Bismillah" or "the jihad of Isa" clever but too cerebral and in the end, unconvincing.Andrews' account of the histories of both Christian and Muslim violence is unflinching and a worthwhile read. But I found the quality uneven. For example, the Jewish holocaust perpetrated by the Nazis is included in Andrews' catalogue of Christian violence - yes, shamefully the churches stood by and even embraced "German Christian" theology, but they were not the chief actors in the violence. The Nazis should not be seen as a Christian movement - they were inspired by Northern European pagan mythology and tended to despise Christianity as weak. On the other hand, there is no mention of the expulsion of Muslim Moors from Spain, which might have made a better example of violence inspired by Christianity.Andrews sets out very particular criteria for "holy war" but then only seems to apply it to violence by Muslim actors. He also fails to engage with the Christian "just war" traditions in his discussion of nonviolence.I guess it should be seen as a compliment that reading this book just left me wanting more - a more thorough approach, a more carefully edited book, more facts, more stories. Yes, read it, but not as the final word on the subject.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Helpful and Thought-Provoking By Jon Eastgate This is a really helpful and thought-provoking book. As a Christian I didn't really need to be convinced that we should treat Muslims as brothers and sisters or seek peace, but I was heartened to read the "Reframing Jihad" chapter which quotes various Islamic teachers who feel the same, and also the practical examples of both Christians and Muslims who have done just that. It's easy to feel despairing or angry in our current environment, so thanks for the encouragement to keep on hoping!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Every American Christian Needs To Read This One. By Keith Giles In many ways, this book would make a great follow-up for those who have already read “Muslims, Christians and Jesus” by Carl Medearis, which I highly recommend.Medearis’ book is a great place to start, especially for Christians who need to have their illusions shattered about who Muslims are and what they think of Jesus [or “Isa” as they know him best].This book, by Dave Andrews, is a great book to read after you’ve read “Christians, Muslims and Jesus” because it takes a more academic approach – where Medearis takes a more personal and anecdotal approach to the topic.Another reason I would recommend this order of reading the two books is that Dave Andrews’ book doesn’t take the time to demonstrate what we have in common with Muslims – other than to point out that both Christians and Muslims have been guilty of bloody, war-mongering and various atrocities in the name of God.So, for me, Andrews takes a more negative approach, whereas Medearis takes a more positive one.This isn’t to say that I didn’t find Andrews’ book enjoyable. Far from it. I underlined and highlighted nearly half of the book which typically indicates that I was being challenged by something he said, or that I was marking areas that I wanted to come back to later and reconsider more in depth.The book is broken up into two parts. The second part of the book is really what I found the most fascinating and insightful. He kicks this section off [in Chapter 4] with “Reframing Jihad as a Method of Nonviolent Struggle”. This chapter unpacks an excellent overview of another book called “On Killing” by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman about how men are not really “natural born killers”. On the contrary, it is the pervasive tendency for men to avoid killing others that motivates the military to systematically re-train [read “brainwash”] their soldiers to overcome.[from the book]How Soldiers Are Conditioned To Kill:*Frame killing as protecting or saving lives - The only way to save lives of those you love is to kill others.*Portray the enemy as sub-human - It’s easier to kill people if you don’t identify with them or if you think of them as “evil” or as animals.*Demand obedience to leaders - Men will do almost anything if they are under strong social pressure to comply.*Develop the capacity for collective violence - Accentuate their fear of letting their squad down. Diffuse responsibility across the group.Increase the distance between the trigger and the target - It’s easier to kill from a distance with drones, missiles, bombs, etc. Talk about firing at targets, not people. Speak of sinking ships, not of drowning sailors.*Frame the violence so it is an object being destroyed, not another human being.*The book goes on to point out how these same methods are being employed by our media to socialize us towards the redemptive qualities of violence.Violence is an almost inescapable part of our culture today. So, it’s no wonder that most of us view violence as a means to solve problems or to achieve a better world.Andrews hopes to awaken us to this deception of the age, and I am in complete solidarity with him on this point.Later on, in this same chapter, Andrews goes on to say:“Separating religion from politics does not mean we do not bring our faith and the ethics derived from our faith to bear on our politics in terms of our discussions about politics. To the contrary, all real believers cannot help but bring their faith and ethics derived from their faith to bear on their politics…But separating religion from politics means not using our particular religion for party political purposes as a means of manipulation or exploitation to gain or retain power. For our faith to be “non-political” means for it to be “non-partisan” and “not-imposed”.”I couldn’t agree more!His conclusion is a masterpiece, in my opinion. Having built a strong foundation for us in the previous chapters which provided details about how both Islam and Christianity have been polluted by those who seek to manipulate the faithful and circumvent the peaceful aspects of their founder’s teachings in order to reframe faith and nationalism as a singular idealogy, Andrews ends with a look at the Sermon on the Mount. He suggests that Christians should return to the manifesto of Jesus if they truly seek to accomplish the will of God and to become peacemakers who follow the example of Jesus.It was a personal thrill for me to see that Andrews even quoted Erica Chenoweth’s excellent study “Why Civil Resistance Works” to validate the effectiveness of nonviolence as a means to disarm oppressors and end conflict. [Fans of the “Pacifist Fight Club” take note].Overall, the book was a refreshing and much-needed exploration of Islam and Christianity, without all the over-emotional nonsense that typically permeates most discussions these days.If you’re willing to lay aside your prejudices about Muslims and enter into a thoughtful study of how followers of Jesus might actually reach out and bring peace to our world today, I think “The Jihad of Jesus” is an excellent place to begin.-kgFULL DISCLOSURE: I was provided with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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