Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction : re-forming theology in the global conversation / William R. Barr.

Part 1 : Constructing theology from diverse persectives. Introducing the issue: Speaking of God today.
Divine revelation : intervention or self-communication? / Frans Josef van Beeck --
Embodied thinking : reflections on feminist theological method / Carol P. Christ --
Faith and knowledge / John Y. May --
Word as icon in Greek patristic theology / Verna E.F. Harrison --
Decolonizing theology in the Caribbean : prospects for hermeneutical reconstruction / Romney M. Moseley --
On theological contextualization / Kan Baoping --
Contextual theologies : the problem of agendas / Harvie M. Conn --
Some further contribution to the discussion.

Part 2 : Enlarging our understanding of God. Introducing the issue: God is more than you think.
Naming God : an Orthodox view / Emmanuel Clapsis --
God and her survival in a nuclear age / Susan B. Thistlethwaite --
The holy reign of God / Howard A. Snyder --
God, sin, and salvation in African religion / John Mbiti --
The Holy Spirit / Michael Welker --
Guarding God / Sr. Macrina --
Some further contributions to the discussion.

Part 3 : Humanity within the fabric of Creation. Introducing the issue : Human Being in relation to God.
A Pacific women's theology of birthing and liberation / Keiti Ann Kanongata'a --
The integrity of creation : restoring trinitarian balance / George E. Tinker --
Human finitude and the concept of women's experience / Tiina Allik --
Original sin : a study in evangelical theory / David Parker --
Religions, cultures, and the struggle for justice : aspects of north-south dialogue / Stanley J. Samartha --
Ecology and the recycling of Christianity / Kwok Pui-Ian --
An African theology of death : the plentitude of human life / Evaristi Magoti --
Some further contributions to the discussion.

Part 4 : The significance of Jesus Christ. Introducing the issues : Understanding and proclaiming Christ as Savior.
Recent trends in Christology / Gerald L. Bray --
Thinking about theocentric Christology / S. Mark Heim --
Women and Christ : toward inclusive Christologies / Ellen Leonard --
Womanist theology : black women's experience as a source for doing theology, with special reference to Christology / Jacquelyn Grant --
Christological trends in contemporary African theology / John Onaiyekan --
The relationship between the risen Christ and the material universe / Denis Edwards --
The word become flesh : a short story for Christmas / Joyce Hollyday --
Some further contributions to the discussion.

Part 5 : The Church and the Christian life. Introducing the issue : Life in the Service of Christ.
The role of the church in a pluralist society / Thor Halvor Hovland --
The understanding of the church emerging in the bilateral dialogues : coherence or divergence? / Gennadios Limouris --
Wholistic mission / C. René Padilla --
Spirit of truth : set us free! / Julio de Santa Ana --
The church's witness in evangelism and social praxis / Nigel Biggar --
The ultimate indiscernibility of faith / Jacques Goulet --
A spirituality that sustains us in our struggles / Aruna Gnanadason --
Some further contributions to the discussion.

Part 6 : Christian hope. Introducing the issue : Energising hope.
The power of transformation and the transformation of power / Paula M. Cooey --
Jesus Christ, who has gone to the utter periphery / Kosuke Koyama --
"Behold, I make all things new" / Ignatios IV --
Current eschatology : universal salvation and the problem of hell / John R. Sachs --
Wrath that endures forever / William V. Crockett --
Some further contributions to the discussion.