Abstract
Abstract Discussions about the topic of interreligious dialogue in church and society often suffer from a diffuse understanding of dialogue. The present contribution therefore distinguishes between five concepts of dialogue based on the implicit interpretation of the initial situation, the intention of the dialogue, its dialogical hermeneutics, goals and consequences. Then two new resource statements of the churches on Christians and Muslims are analyzed as to which understanding of dialogue they feature. Critical comments are made on the content of the resource statements and on the role of church leadership declarations on interreligious dialogue. Finally the author calls for further differentiation as regards the appreciation and understanding of the phenomenon of interreligious relations. He pleads for the alternative of theologically motivated respect for the religious other in the form of a theology of interreligious relations.
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