Understanding & Answering Islam

This year our speakers will be exploring the concept of freedom: how our understanding of what it means to be human impacts our understanding of freedom, how the Christian and Muslim views of freedom compare with one another, and how different views of freedom radically impact individuals and societies.

Freedom is at the heart of the Christian faith. "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free,” writes Paul, and for two thousand years Christians have rejoiced in the freedom that the gospel brings—freedom from sin; freedom to be truly human; freedom from being reduced to numbers, stamps, or indexes; freedom to not just know about God but to know God himself. In Christ we have been set free from a spirit of slavery and fear, and we have been given the right to be called sons and daughters of God. What unfathomable grace.

But Islam and the Qur’an have quite a different view.  At Understanding and Answering Islam, we will deeply examine the vital distinctions between Christianity and Islam and explore how Christians can respectfully and effectively share the freedom of the gospel with both their Muslim and secular friends.

Perhaps most excitingly, at UAI 2019 we will also have the chance to hear about a groundbreaking online resource, “Qur’an Gateway,” which will allow anyone with internet access to view and evaluate scribal changes from hundreds of original Qur’an manuscripts. It would be hard to overstate the significance of this new resource and we look forward to sharing it with you.