The Muslim Majority Folk Islam and the Seventy Percent

More than 70 percent of Muslims worldwide practice folk Islam, a syncretistic mix of theologically orthodox Islam and traditional religious beliefs and practices. The Muslim Majority is unlike many published works on evangelism to Muslims, which argue for either apologetic or contextualized “bridge” approaches. These approaches are often ineffective in reaching adherents of popular Islam. Instead, author and missiologist Robin Hadaway outlines a contextual approach that addresses the unique perspective of popular Islam. Hadaway explains the differences between folk Is­lam and orthodox Islam and explores best practices for reaching the vast majority of Muslims with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
 

Robin D. Hadaway (ThD, University of South Africa) is senior professor of missions at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Introduction
1. Folk Islam and Islamic Orthodoxy
2. Folk Islam and Sunni Muslims 
3. Folk Islam and Shiite Muslims 
4. Sufi Islam and Folk Islam 
5. The Origins of Folk Islam: Traditional Religion 
6. Traditional Religion’s Influence on Popular Islam 
7. The History of Evangelizing Muslims 
8. Contextualizing to Orthodox and Folk Islam 
9. Contextualizing to the Worldviews of Folk Islam 
10. Contextualizing to the Worldview of Sufi Folk Islam 
Conclusion