The idea of a rationalistic philosophy of religion and its challenges -- Why teleological principles are inevitable for reason : natural theology after Darwin -- Theodicy strategies in Leibniz, Hegel, Jonas -- Rationalism, determinism, freedom -- Encephalius : a conversation about the mind-body problem -- Religion, theology, pihlosophy -- Philosophy and the interpretation of the Bible -- To what extent is the concept of spirit (Geist) in German idealism a legitimate heir to the concept of spirit (pneuma) in the New Testament? -- Reasons, emotions, and God's presence in Anselm of Canterbury's dialogue Cur Deus homo (with Bernd Goebel) -- Interreligious dialogues during the Middle Ages and early modernity -- Platonism and anti-Platonism in Nicholas of Cusa's philosophy of mathematics -- Can Abraham be saved? and: Can Kierkegaard be saved? A Hegelian discussion of Fear and trembling -- A metaphysical history of atheism