How can Christians make sense of the events of September 11 and the ongoing conflict with Islam? This book presents a thoughtful and sympathetic study of the background of the current conflict and provides a context for moving forward with optimism. It refers to the terrorist attacks but does not focus on them. Instead, the author reminds readers that as people with a sense of history, Christians need to look back and see that today's events are nothing new - they are merely the latest episode in the struggle between Christianity and Islam that has lasted for nearly 1,400 years.