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Originally a set of lectures presented as part of the Hartford-Lamson Lectures for 1909, Duncan Macdonald later added more content and revised the lectures for young missionaries. The lectures cover a broad array of subjects, including Muslim theology and metaphysics, the attitude of Islam to the Scriptures and to the person of Christ, Muslim ideas on education, and more.

doctrine back to metaphysical ideas. But, secondly, he must know Muslim theology thoroughly. He must have studied the books of the Muslim theologians themselves. Simply to read the Qur’ān is not sufficient. That might give him the Islām of Muhammad. It would not give him the Islām of today. But besides that, he should study to know Muslim life, the attitudes of Muslims, their governing ideas. The more of this he has before he goes out to his field, the better, and for the following reasons. First,
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