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Since 2004 Volf has taken part in the Building Bridges Seminar, a yearly gathering of Muslim and Christian scholars chaired until 2012 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams.

His engagement with Islam intensified after the publication of A Common Word Between Us and You ( 2007 ).

Occasioned by Pope Benedict XVI ’ s speech at the University of Regensburg, but motivated by a deteriorated relationship between Christians and Muslims ( especially in the wake of 9 / 11 ), the document, which was originally signed by 138 of the world ’ s most prominent Muslim leaders, argued that what binds Muslims and Christians ( and Jews, of course ) is the dual command to love God and love one ’ s neighbors.

It proposes this common ground as a place of dialogue and cooperation between the two religions.

Along with the staff at the Center for Faith and Culture ( Joseph Cumming and Andrew Saperstein ), Volf drafted Yale Divinity School ’ s response (“ Yale Response ”), which was endorsed by over 300 prominent Christian leaders ( including some of the world ’ s most respected evangelical figures such as John Stott and Rick Warren ).