Inaugural speech by the President of India / Shri Pranab Mukhherjee -- Foreword / Karan Singh -- Introduction / Anindita N. Balslev -- Thoughts that transform the religious mindscape: a tribute to Swami Vivekananda / Anindita N. Balslev --. Diversity as the nature of reality: a Jain-informed approach to the variety of worldviews / Jeffery D. Long -- Sikhism: transcendental and interfaith message / Mohinder Singh -- Ramakrishna Movement's approach to religious diversity / Swami Bhajanananda -- Globalization, Judaism, and its diversity / Ezekiel Isaac Malekar -- Sacred spaces: interdependence, not dissension / Shernaz Cama -- Diversity of religoius traditions: a perspective from Baha'i Faith / A.K. Merchant --Vedanta in the nuclear age / Karan Singh -- Studying and creating peace / Steve Killelea -- The emotional psychology of religious diversity / John A. Teske -- Hybridity in meaning-making practices: planetary values for a multiperspectival context / Whitney A. Bauman -- Weak faith: how to manage religious diversity without dissent / Santiago Zabala -- Democracy, pluralism, and conservative religion / Zainal Abidin Bagir -- An intellectual catastrophe of the first order / Mushirul Hasan --Conflict and violence in the name of religion / Steven I. Wilkinson -- Interfaith relations in the sociocultural context of Kerala / Annakutty V. Kurian-Findeis -- Swami Vivekananda and Indian secularism / Makarand R. Paranjape -- Dr Anindita N. Balslev in conversation with His Holiness Dalai Lama, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, Dr Karan Singh and Reverend Mpho Tutu: the four clusters of questions. pt. 1. Teachings and traditions -- pt. 2. Some issues in the context of religious diversity -- pt. 3. Conversation with eminent personalities.