Preface to the English Edition (2019) Preface to the German Edition (2015) 1. A Theology of Religions or a Theology of Interreligious Relations? 2. Developments to Date: Christian Classifications of Other Religions Part I: Newer Christian Theology-of-Religion Models 3. Revisionist Approaches: John Hick and Paul Knitter 4. Interpretive Approaches: Michael von Brück and S. Mark Heim 5. Revisionist and Interpretive Approaches: A Critical Response 6. Selective Approaches: Francis Clooney 7.
Interactionist Approaches: Amos Yong 8. Selective and Interactionist Approaches: A Critical Response 9. Comparative Remarks: Six Heuristic Questions Part II: How Islam and Buddhism View Other Religions 10. The Ultimate Validity of the Qur'an and Religious Plurality: Islamic Perspectives 11. A Liberation-Theological Hermeneutics of the Qur'an: Farid Esack 12. An Islamist Hermeneutics of the Qur'an, and Tolerance: Muhammad Shahrur 13. Nonadherence and Religious Plurality: Buddhist Perspectives 14. Models of Buddhist Thought 15.
A Concluding Comparison: Six Heuristic Questions Part III: Building Blocks for a Theory of Interreligious Relations 16. Is There a Need for a Theory of Interreligious Relations ? 17. What Does Identity Mean? Interaction in Social Networks 18. Inclusions and Exclusions: Ambivalences 19. What Does Recognition Mean? Levels of Acknowledgment 20. Which Factors Are at Play in the Public Sphere ? Spatial Relationships and Relationship Spaces 21. Pluralism, Multiculturalism, and the Theory of Society: Background Assumptions 22. The Basic Principles of a Theory of Interreligious Relations: An Outlook Part IV: The Dialogical in Interreligious Relations 23.
Dialogues and Intentions: Encounters 24. Dialogues and the Dialogical: Signs 25. Dialogue: Yes, but with Whom? Discourses 26. The Goal of Dialogue: The Proper Balance Between Intimacy and Dissociation Part V: Toward a Theology of Interreligious Relations 27. A Theology of Interreligious Relations as a New Approach: Theses 28. The Power and Love of the One God: On the Biblical Concept of God 29. The Interreligious Communication of Jesus Christ: Searching for Traces 30. The Fellowship of the Spirit as a Contrast Model: The Example of 1 Peter 31.
Endorsing Both a Dualistic Worldview and Pacifism? Taking Revelation as an Example 32. Ultimate-Justification Models as the Basis for Interreligious Relations: Looking Forward Part VI: Intercultural Theology/Mission Studies and Religious Studies 33. Intercultural Theology: Implications of the Term 34. Intercultural Theology/Mission Studies: Dimensions 35. Intercultural Theology and Religious Studies: Looking Forward Bibliography Name Index Subject Index Scripture Index.