The interculturality of the phenomenon of trust has received relatively little attention in cultural studies so far. A conference held by the Orient Institute for Intercultural Studies (OIS) / Hochschule Heilbronn in 2006 served as a kickoff for the research project "Determinants of German-Arab Trust Building," funded by the Baden-Württemberg State Foundation. Recommendations for the approach of the research project were developed, and possible concepts of intercultural trust were discussed. This volume presents theoretical, methodological, and cultural area-related approaches and studies. The cultural area reference includes Arab, Chinese, French, Polish, Russian, and Czech collectives. Finally, the editor presents the preliminary results of the research project.