Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The concept of God in global dialogue / Werner G. Jeanrond and Aasulv Lande -- Part I: Contemporary models and paradigms of interreligious dialogue -- Conditions for the possibility of interreligious dialogue on God / Catherine Cornille -- The possibilities and limitations for an intercultural dialogue on God / Robert J. Schreiter -- Recent developments in interreligious dialogue / Aasulv Lande -- Relation, awareness, and energy, three languages, three worlds : an approach to mutual understanding / Notto R. Thelle -- The open covenant : on the necessity of a theology of the other for Jews, Christians and Muslims / Karl-Josef Kuschel -- Part II: Developments in the Christian concept of God -- Thinking about God today / Werner G. Jeanrond -- Form and fragment : the recovery of the hidden and incomprehensible God / David Tracy -- Is the trinity a practical doctrine? / Ola Sigurdson -- The quest of the unique Jesus and its implications for global dialogue / Jesper Svartvik -- Part III: The impact of the idea of the divine in Japanese Buddhism -- Christianity within me / Eshin Nishimura -- Is the question of God meaningful for a Buddhist? / Eiko Hanaoka -- Six sutras on the dialogue among religions / James W. Heisig.