Drawn from a conference celebrating the 50TH anniversary of the landmark Vatican II document, Nostra Aetate ("Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions"), this multi-perspective collection of essays by the world's leading scholars of theology and interreligious dialogue brings new ferment to the field of interreligious understanding.

In addition to the editors, contributors include (among others) John T. Thatamanil, John Borelli, Jeannine Hill Fletcher, Roger Haight, John Pawlikowski, Dwight Hopkins, Shira Lander, and Sallie B. King.