Offering ways of addressing the intellectual and practical problems confronting today's religions, this study discusses the way forward for those who believe in the importance of religious faith in a multi-religious world. It also examines issues such as the limitations of human thought and language, and the role of world views which form the context within which different religions are borne. The author's other books include "Companion to the Qur'an" and "The Faith and Practice of Al-Ghazali".

William Montgomery Watt was Professor Emeritus of the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Edinburgh. His many books include Compnaion to the Qur'an and The Faith and Practice of Al-Ghazali, also published by Oneworld.