In my colleague’s review of the book, Dialogical Apologetics, in this blog, Gary Ridley noted that dialogue with adherents of other religions has often been seen as mutually incompatible with evangelism. Dialogue has been used to describe inter-religious discussions in which evangelism is not seen as necessary or even a desirable goal. The book Gary reviewed points to another way of viewing that dialogue.
I would like to extend that conversation to focus particularly on dialogue with adherents of the Islamic faith. Unknown to most of us, including myself until recently, Christians have a very long history of these interactions, extending back for many centuries.
