The Forward is dated "Burnley Technical High School, December 1957" and in it Mr Bevan comments that he is one of the few of his profession who teaches religion and philosophy in a Technical School in Britain. "It is a commonplace that we live in an age when technical and scientific education is supremely important to a nation, and when more and more of the future citizens of all countries are going to be technically minded; at the same time it is said that man's ability and powers in applied science and engineering have far outstripped his moral and religious insight. Moreover, as has been remarked (The Times, leader, October 12th 1957), there is a keen appetite for religious discussion, though that often takes place on a very inadequate basis of knowledge. People think they have rejected Christian claims when in fact they have never known sufficient about Christianity to reject it with understanding. The contributors to  this book offer such guidence in written form and hope their work may provide "Steps to Christian Understanding".