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St Francis Magazine Vol 8, No 4 | August 2012 Woodberry, J. Dudley (1996a) “When Failure is Our Teacher: Lessons from Mission to Muslims” International Journal of Frontier Missions 13(3): 121-123 Woodberry, J. Dudley (1996b) “Contextualization Among Muslims: Reusing Common Pillars” International Journal of Frontier Missions 13(4): 171-186 Woodberry, J. Dudley (2002) “Muslim Missions after September 11” Evangelical Missions Quarterly 38(1): 66-75 Woodberry, J. Dudley (2007) “To the Muslim I Became a Muslim” International Journal of Frontier Missions 24(1): 23-28 Woods, Scott (2003) “A Biblical Look at C5 Muslim Evangelism” Evangelical Missions Quarterly 39(2): 188-195 St Francis Magazine is a publication of Interserve and Arab Vision 518
St Francis Magazine Vol 8, No 4 | August 2012 IDENTITY ISSUES FOR EX-MUSLIM CHRISTIANS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO MARRIAGE By Tim Green 60 Abstract: This article summarizes a framework for understanding identity in terms of “core identity”, “social identity” and “collective identity”, and relates these to the identity struggles of Christ-followers from Muslim background. These issues unfold over many years following conversion. The author describes his doctoral research among a group of such believers in a South Asian city, and illustrates their identity dilemmas with particular reference to marriage. 1 Identity, a Critical Issue 1.1 Seeking a new Identity ‘Thank you for your presentation and it was like a bullet right in the heart’, wrote an Afghan diaspora Christian to me last month. He meant it in a positive way! The issues of identity for believers from Muslim background worldwide, which I had just described in my conference presentation, connected directly with his own experience. He in fact has had to make a double identity migration: from Islam to Christ and from Afghanistan to the West. Thirty years of friendship with ex-Muslim Christians from twenty countries has convinced me that their search for “identity” is widespread, deep-seated and at times painful. The pain need not be acute; more often it throbs quietly in the background as a dull heartache, a barely articulated longing to “find where I belong”. It lasts for years, or decades. It may lead ultimately to a place of resolution, or of sup- 60 Tim Green has enjoyed the friendship of Christ’s followers from Muslim background since 1979. He worked in a Muslim region of South Asia 1988-2003, and the Middle East 2003-5, with national in-context programs for discipleship and training. These days from a base in Britain, through the Increase network, he assists indigenous programs in different parts of Asia which equip and empower believers through church-based learning groups. St Francis Magazine is a publication of Interserve and Arab Vision 519
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