Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-221) and indexes.

Ecce, Agnus Dei : the cross in the Old Testament / Jules Gomes -- The prophetic response to suffering / Eliya Mohol -- The cross in the Gospels / Babu Immanuel -- The cross and power : parting of ways / Kenneth Cragg -- Denying the cross in early Muslim dialogues with Christians / David Thomas -- Debating the cross in early Christian dialogues with Muslims / Ivor Mark Beaumont -- The gospel in Afghan Pashto poetry, proverbs and folklore / Leonard N. Bartlotti -- An Islamic 'Good Friday' : celebrating the Feast of Sacrifice in Indonesia / Jonathan Culver -- The cross and reconciliation in Palestine / Salim Munayer -- The cross and 'outreach' literature in East Africa / John Chesworth -- A Girardian reading and response to communal violence in India / Jose Abraham -- A Pakistani Christian's perspective on the cross / Pervaiz Sultan -- The cross in the Egyptian 'Church of the Martyrs' / Arne Fjeldstad -- Prophethood and the cross / Hwa Yung -- Cross-reference theology : speaking, thinking and living the cross in the context of Islam / Ida Glaser -- God, the Beneficent-the Merciful, and Jesus's cross : from abstract to concrete theologising / Rollin G. Grams -- A Christian response to the absence of the cross in Islam / Clinton Bennett -- The Qur'an and the cross : less absent than you think / Kenneth Cragg -- Christology in an alternative Islamic theological structure / David Emmanuel Singh.