Leirvik puts forward a discussion of how the notion of conscience may unite Muslim and Christians across religious divides, as well as examining the relation between selfhood and otherness in interfaith dialogue.

Part 1: Introduction: Horizon and Focus, Terms and Methods 1. Horizon and Focus 2. Terms, Concepts and Methods Part 2: Christian Conscience and Islamic Ethics 3. The Self and the Other in Christian and European Discourses of Conscience 4. Islamic Ethics – Knowing with Whom? Part 3: Interlude: The Semantics of Damir 5. Conscience in Arabic: The Semantics of Damir Part 4: Al-Damir in Modern Egyptian Muslim Authors 6. The Notions of Al-Damir and Wijdan in Egyptian Reformers and Writers 7. ‘Abbas Mahmud Al-‘Aqqad (1889-1964): Ethico-Religious Internalisation, Human Conscience and Islamic Apologetics 8. Khalid Muhammad Khalid (1920-1996): Conscience, Human Authenticity and Islamic Democracy 9. M. Kamil Husayn (1901-1977): Conscience as the Law of Inhibition and the Voice of God 10 . Christians and Muslims in Egypt: United or Separated by Modernity? 11. Conclusions to Part Four Part 5: Concluding Discussions 12. Wronging the Self, Wronging the Other: Conscience and Ethics in Modernity 13. Conscience in Interreligious Dialogue: Telling the Story of Oneself as Another 14. Knowing with God: Face to Face with the Other?