ABSTRACT
This chapter examines five aspects of evangelical engagement with Islam from the nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries. First, it surveys the role of evangelical missionary exemplars in each generation as well as the appeal to evangelicals of Roman Catholics who engaged with Islam during the middle ages. Second, the chapter contrasts the varied evangelical approaches to evangelistic method among Muslims, ranging from apologetics and public disputation, to philanthropic medical missions and story-telling. Third, it analyses evangelical concerns to unveil 'the true face of Islam', and disagreements over its monolithic or pluriform nature, pointing to the significance of Muslim immigration to the West in challenging some evangelical preconceptions. Fourth, the chapter examines evangelical predictions of Islam's imminent collapse or global domination especially in an era of international terrorism. Fifth, it concludes by assessing the difficulties in counting the number of converts from Muslim-backgrounds, and the importance of their dramatic conversion testimonies for an eager evangelical readership.
