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Shedinger shows that Christians desperately need this Muslim wisdom in order to be truly Christian. A must-read  --John J. Thatamanil, Associate Professor of Theology and World Religions, Union Theological Seminary Robert Shedinger's Jesus and Jihad is a timely and powerful argument for interfaith solidarity with a view to developing a mature spirituality . . . Shedinger argues elegantly for a spirituality that is only godly when it is the source of struggling determinedly against all forms of injustice. --Farid Esack, Professor in the Study of Islam, Head of the Department of Religion Studies, University of Johannesburg Robert F. Shedinger is Professor of Religion at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. He holds a PhD in religious studies from Temple University and is the author of Radically Open (Cascade Books, 2012) and Was Jesus a Muslim? (2009). 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