Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-200) and index.

A philosophical approach to reality and its meaning -- The method of philosophy and its search for the absolute universal presuppositions -- From presuppositions to an ultimate explanation -- From the unlimited drive of the person for being, truth and goodness to the existence of absolute being, truth and goodness -- Preliminary observations -- A survey of world religions -- Primitive religions -- The experience of the sacred -- Myth -- Rites -- Hinduism -- History -- Hinduism and Christianity -- Buddhism -- Buddhist writings -- Siddhartha Gotama -- The original doctrine of Buddha -- Theravada Buddhism -- Mahayana Buddhism -- Buddhism and Christianity -- Zen Buddhism -- The religious philosophy of Taoism and Confucianism -- Taoism -- Confucianism -- Islam -- Muhammad, the seal of the prophets -- Survey of Islamic history -- The Qur'an -- The prophet Muhammad -- The message -- The five pillars of Islam -- Sufism -- Islam and Christianity -- Judaism -- The attitude of the Jews towards Christ -- History of Judaism after the resurrection of Jesus and the spreading of the church -- The relationship between Judaism and Christianity -- Common patterns in religions and the uniqueness of Christianity -- Reduction of religious beliefs to some basic types -- Common patterns in religions -- Unique characteristics in the Abrahamic religions and Christianity -- Christianity, the sacramental presence of God's saving love in history -- A phenomenological approach -- Historical foundations for the truth of the Christian claim -- The Christian view on the relationship between Christianity and other religions -- Toward a Christian theology of inter-religious dialogue -- The rationale for dialogue -- The tasks and benefits of dialogue -- Evangelization -- Evangelization -- The universal possibility of salvation -- The link between the universal possibility of salvation and the church -- Reader's guide -- A philosophical approach to reality and its meaning -- A survey of world religions -- Primitive religions -- Hinduism -- Buddhism -- The religious philosophies of Taoism and Confucianism -- Islam -- Judaism -- Common patterns in religions and the uniqueness of Christianity -- Christianity, the sacramental presence of God's saving love in history -- A phenomenological approach -- Historical foundations for the truth of the Christian claim -- The Christian view on the relationship between Christianity and other religions -- Toward a Christian theology of inter-religious dialogue -- Evangelization -- Appendix: the meaning and function of logos in Justin's Christian philosophy.