In Bridges to Islam Phil Parshall explores the links which facilitate understanding between Islam and Christianity. The most promising bridges can be found in "folk Islam" which is less known in the West but influences about 70 percent of the world's Muslims. This popular form of Islam consists largely of people "who desire to know God and to be accepted by him," writes the author. "They have a high view of one God who is ... all-powerful and merciful."...