Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-244) and index.

Engagement : what it is and why it matters -- Augustine's theological methodology -- Assimilation, resistance, and overhearing -- Assimilation : engagement with human rights -- Resistance : the heresy of state sovereignty and the religious imperative for intervention to defend human rights -- Assimilation : the importance of Black and feminist perspectives -- Overhearing : clash of discourses -- Secular in the West against the secular in India -- Overhearing : thinking about Hinduism inclusivity and toleration -- Assimilation : Christianity and the consensus around capitalism -- Assimilation and overhearing : rethinking globalization -- Keith Ward : an engaged theologian -- Engaging with the Pope : engagement yet not engagement -- The shape of an engaged theology.