Few historical figures are more central to the affairs of the present than Muhammad, and few religions have sought acknowledgement of their Prophet more avidly than Islam from Christians.<BR>Bringing a careful Christian reckoning to an issue rarely directly addressed in contemporary scholarship, Bishop Kenneth Cragg, one of the world's leading Islamicists, explores such areas as: the Christian response to the Qur'an; Christian reservations about Muhammad's life and claims; loyalty to the figure of Christ; and the Qur'an's own plea to Christians.