Introduction : religious activism, interfaith dialogue, and interreligious studies -- A relational approach to the study of religion -- Philosophies of interreligious dialogue : practice in search of theory -- Interreligious dialogue and secularity -- The image of the other and othering discourses -- Faith-based diplomacy and interfaith activism : dialogue from above and below -- Tolerance, conscience, and solidarity : globalized concepts in ethical and religious education? -- Interreligious hermeneutics and the ethical critique of the scriptures -- The sacred space between : a relational theology in dialogue with Islam -- Interreligious studies and interfaith dialogue, in academia -- Postscript : united against extremism?