Psalms and Sufis: biblical psalms in an Islamic context (a case study in Pakistan)

Eric Sarwar

Eric Sarwar Tehillim School of Church Music and Worship

Keywords: Sufis, Sufi, Pakistan, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Islam, Psalms, scripture songs, musical exchange, communication, mission, shrine, sacred

Abstract

Sarwar relates his experiences leading a Christian music group to a performance opportunity at a Sufi shrine in Pakistan. The Psalms were the key to this interaction between Christians and Sufis.

Author Biography

Eric Sarwar, Tehillim School of Church Music and Worship

Eric Sarwar is an ethnodoxologist, composer, writer, and teacher. He is also an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church of Pakistan and founder of the Tehillim School of Church Music and Worship in Pakistan. He is currently studying for a Th.M. degree at Calvin Theological Seminary.