1. Judaism. Shama Israel -- Adonai Eloheynu Adonai Ehad -- The covenant -- Prophets, priests and kings: the transformation -- The death of God in the Greek and Jewish worlds -- 2. Christianity. Jesus among the Jews -- The son of man -- The development of Christology -- 3. Islam. AIGhazali -- The ocean of knowledge -- Empiricism and theology -- 4. Buddhism. The sense of God in Buddhism -- The rejection of God in Buddhism -- The realization of God in Buddhism -- 5. The religious imagination and the sense of God