Abstract
Abstract From the Great Commission it would logically follow that over time all other religions disappear due to Christian mission. Yet other religions continue to exist. Therefore, this chapter first asks: How does Christianity theologically deal with the factual plurality of religions, given that God wills the salvation of all? Which parameters of a Christian theology of religions inform both Christian mission and interreligious dialogue? Secondly, the differentiation between religious pluralism and plurality leads to the question of how plurality can strengthen religious identity, since such identity seems a prerequisite for interreligious dialogue. Moreover, also the connotations of “dialogue” in different religions are not always positive. All this leads, thirdly, to addressing the relation between dialogue and mission: Does dialogue compromise Christian faith and indicate that mission failed? Or is dialogue a means of mission? Is it just a tactical move or a sound tool? Is mission eventually replaced by dialogue?
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