Edited by roger boase Foreword by hrh prince hassan bin talal [Ashgate Publishing, 330pp., 2005]

“Never, in the history of the human race, has there been simultaneously such a capacity for mutual unders-tanding and such a capacity for global destruction, such a wealth of information, and yet such a dearth of wisdom ...” (Dr. Roger Boase) 

Events like “9/11”, the Madrid train bombings, and more recently, the “7/7” attacks on London, have placed Islam in even sharper relief, and have raised the stakes somewhat for the debate on pluralism in today’s increasingly globalised world. Many of the same questions are being raised, both academically and theologically, but circumstances now demand more urgent answers over how human beings can seek to live together more harmoniously.