Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents -- 1. Introductory comments (scope, method and purpose of the inquiry, a first look around) -- 2. Absolute idealism (idealism in the English-speaking countries, British neo-Hegelianism, British absolutism and suprarationalism, American absolute idealism, absolute idealism in theological and religious writers, summary and criticism of absolute idealism) -- 3. Personal idealism (the status of Romans, moderate personal idealism, pluralistic personal idealism, personal idealism in theology, summary and criticism) -- 4. Philosophies of Spirit (reality as spiritual, continental philosophies of Spirit, the ethical approach to Theism, ethical Theism and theology, assessment of philosophies of Spirit -- 5. The idea of value in philosophy and theology (neo-Kantianism and Ritschlianism, some neo-Kantian philosophers, some Ritschlianism theologians, Ritschlianism in the United States, critical remarks on neo-Kantianism and Ritschlianism) -- 6. Positivism and naturalism (the claims of natural science, scientific positivism, evolutionary naturalism, anthropology and religion, psychology and religion, criticism of naturalistic interpretations of religion) -- 7. Some comments by the Way (from the first to the second phase, some characteristics of the second phase) -- 8. Philosophies of history and culture (man as the theme of philosophy, some German philosophers of history and culture, Italian historical idealism, English-speaking philosophers of history and culture, summary of historical and cultural interpretations of religion) -- 9. Christianity, history and culture (history and theology, the historical interpretation of Christianity, problems about Jesus of history, mysticism-prayer-worship, remarks on the historical and cultural approaches to religion) -- 10. Sociological interpretations of religion (religion and society, the social origins of religion, religion and capitalism, religion and communism, the social gospel in America, critical remarks on the sociological interpretations of religion) -- 11. Pragmatism and allied views (thought and action, vitalism, activism, pragmatism, Catholic modernism, protestant empirical modernism, critical remarks on the pragmatic view of religion) -- 12. Philosophies of personal being (precursors of existentialism, the life of dialogue, two Spanish activists, the Russian tradition, the form of personal, remarks on the philosophers of personal being) -- 13. The religious consciousness and phenomenology (the exploration of the religious consciousness, the primitive religious consciousness, the experience of the holy, the method of phenomenology, the phenomenological investigation of religion, remarks on the descriptive approach of religion) -- 14. The new realism (the revolt against idealism, continental realism, realism in England, realism in America, remarks on the new realism) -- 15. The new physics, philosophy and theology (the changing scientific picture, some physicists' views on philosophy and religion, the new physics and Christian apologetics, remarks on the new scientific theories and religion) -- 16. More comments by the Way (from second to the third phase, some characteristics of the third phase) -- 17. Realist metaphysics and theology (metaphysics on a realist basis, realist metaphysics in the English-speaking countries, realist metaphysics in Germany, realist metaphysics in theological and religious writers, realism, theism, and Christianity, remarks on the realist philosophies and theologies) -- 18. Neo-Thomism and Roman Catholic theologies (the revival of scholastic studies, some pioneers of Neo-Thomism, the flowering of Neo-Thomism, some Roman Catholic theologians, remarks on Neo-Thomism and Roman Catholic theology) -- 19. Logical empiricism (philosophy as analysis, the limits and functions of language, the language of science as a norm, functional analysis of language and empiricist views of religious belief, critical remarks on the ideas of religion in logical empiricism) -- 20. The theology of the Word (the distinctiveness of Christianity, the theology of the word in Switzerland, two Swedish theologians, a German theologian, critical remarks on the theology of the word) -- 21. Post-liberal theology in the English-speaking countries (the impact of the theological revolution on Britain and America, post-liberal theology in Britain, post-liberal theology in the United States, remarks on the post-liberal English-speaking theologians) -- 22. Existentialism and ontology (human existence and its problems, existentialism in Germany, existentialism in France, existentialism and theology, remarks on existentialist philosophies and theologies) -- 23. The fourth phase (breakdowns and new beginnings, transcendental Thomism, the renewal of Catholic theology, religion in post-existentialist philosophies, post-existentialist theologies, neo-Marxism, the liberation theology of Latin America, black theology in the United States, indigenous theologies and the principle of inculturation, theology and the feminine, theology in the English-speaking countries-theism and secularism) -- 24. Concluding comments (some findings, future outlook).