Adam Francisco (DPhil in Islamic and Christian Relations, Oxford University) is professor of history at Concordia University in Irvine, California. He's a frequent contributor to Modern Reformation magazine and editor of Theologia et Apologia: Essays in Reformation Theology and Its Defense (Wipf & Stock, 2007).
How did you become interested in Islam? A. My first real interest in Islam started around 1999 when I was working on a research project on Martin Luther and his view of the Turks. The Ottoman Turks were pushing up through Hungary during the heyday of ...