Raimon Panikkar (Barcelona, ​​1918-Tavertet, 2010) is one of the most prominent representatives of thought intercultural and interfaith dialogue. At the end of his life he undertook the task of selecting and thematically profuse organize their work, published in several languages.

"These Works comprise a period of nearly seventy years, during which I have dedicated to deepen the sense of a more just and full human life. I have not lived to write, but I write to live in a more conscious and to help my brothers with thoughts emerged not only my mind but from a higher source that may well be called Spirit. "

The title of this volume, Religion and Religions, aims to underline the ambiguity of the word "religion", which represents the constituent singular man opening the mystery of life, while in the plural refers to the different religious traditions.

The common thread of these writings is to invite the various religions to critically review and mutual effort to build together the future of religion, which is not the unity of religions but their harmony. According to Panikkar, no religion has a monopoly of religion. For this reason, today more than ever necessary to rediscover a fundamental and permanent duties of religion (and secularism, understood as sacred secularity): the task of helping men to reach their full potential.

This volume of the Complete Works included in the first part, besides the book entitled Religion and Religions published in 1964, several articles that explore the concept of religion from different points of view and develop some more universal aspects of religion understood as human dimension. The second part deals with comparative religion and philosophy of religion in the contemporary encounter of cultures, while the third covers more specific topics, including articles referring to the body and medicine, in terms of religion " religa "man not only with God but also the spirit with the body.