Colin J Chapman In the light of increasing interest in Islam worldwide, particularly since the World of Islam festival in Britain in 1976, we are glad to have this thoughtful assessment of the Christian response to Islam by Colin Chapman, who is a CMS missionary seconded to the IFES as Regional Secretary for Islamic Lands, based in Beirut. He was previously in Egypt for five years, on the staff of the Anglican cathedral, and teaching at the Coptic Evangelical Seminary