Theology in the project of modernity -- Covenant or leviathan? political theology at the beginning of modern times -- Political theology and the theology of liberation -- Christian faith in the changing values of the modern world -- The destruction and liberation of the earth: ecological theology -- Human rights: rights of humanity: rights of the earth -- The knowing of the other and the community of the different -- Freedom in community between globalization and individualism: market value and human dignity -- The pit: where was God? Jewish and Christian theology after Auschwitz -- Protestantism: the religion of freedom -- Liberalism and fundamentalism in the modern era -- Dialogue or mission? Christianity and the religions in an endangered world -- Theology for the church and the kingdom of God in the modern university.