Abstract
A persistent question for urban Christian pedagogy is how, and even if, the local church should witness to and with people of other living faiths. This concern has reached a higher level of awareness in light of the attack on America on September 11, 2001. While people in other parts of the world have lived for decades in situations of war and terrorism, American public theologians and congregational leaders are now, as never before, confronted with questions such as, who are the Muslims who live, work, study and worship in our communities; what is the appropriate Christian response to them (as individuals) and to what they believe (as a faith community)?