Description
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive volume brings together a distinguished editorial team, including some of the field's pioneers, to explore the aims, practice, and historical context of interfaith collaboration.
- Explores in full the background, history, objectives, and discourse between the leaders and practitioners of the world's major religions
- Examines relations between religions from around the world, moving well beyond the common focus on Christianity, to also cover over 12 major religions
- Features a wealth of case studies on contemporary interreligious dialogue
- Charts a long-term shift away from a competitive rivalry between belief systems, and a change in focus towards the more respectful, cooperative approach reflected in institutions such as the World Council of Churches
- Includes up-to-date commentary on the growing dialogue of recent years, written by some of the leading figures working in the field of interfaith discourse
Trade Review"These chapters show that the Companion is not just a status quaestionis of the established theory and practice of interreligious dialogue: it actually tries to contribute to its theoretical and practical development." (Journal of Empirical Theology, 2014)
"In summation, Cornille has served up what must surely establish itself as one of the core reference texts in any serious library on interreligious dialogue, encounters, and relations." (Journal of Religious History, 3 September 2014)
"Instructively, the volume's impressive breadth and scholarship serve to orient readers to the future and its possibilities rather than to an alleged final word on a given dialogue. Every library and student in this and related disciplines should hold a copy." (Religious Studies Review, 16 June 2014)
"Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners." (Choice, 1 February 2014)
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix
Introduction xii
Part I Focal Topics 1
1 The History of Inter-Religious Dialogue 3
Leonard Swidler
2 Conditions for Inter-Religious Dialogue 20
Catherine Cornille
3 Monastic Inter-Religious Dialogue 34
Pierre-François de Béthune, OSB
4 Comparative Theology and Inter-Religious Dialogue 51
Francis X. Clooney, SJ
5 Scriptural Reasoning as Inter-Religious Dialogue 64
Marianne Moyaert
6 Inter-Religious Worship 87
Michael Amaladoss, SJ
7 Art and Inter-Religious Dialogue 99
Mary Anderson
8 Inter-Religious Dialogue and Interstitial Theology 117
Tinu Ruparell
9 Inter-Religious Dialogue and Social Action 133
Paul F. Knitter
10 Inter-Religious Dialogue and Peacebuilding 149
S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana
11 Women in Inter-Religious Dialogue 168
Jeannine Hill Fletcher
Part II Case Studies 185
12 Buddhist–Hindu Dialogue 187
David Peter Lawrence
13 Jewish–Christian Dialogue 205
Yaakov Ariel
14 Jewish–Muslim Dialogue 224
Reuven Firestone
15 Christian–Muslim Dialogue 244
Daniel Madigan, SJ
16 Shinto–Buddhist Dialogue 261
Aasulv Lande
17 Muslim–Hindu Dialogue 279
Anna Bigelow
18 Christian–Confucian Dialogue 296
John Berthrong
19 Dialogue between Islam and African Religions 311
John Azumah
20 Hindu–Christian Dialogue 325
Anantanand Rambachan
21 Native American Spirituality and Christianity 346
Achiel Peelman
22 Islam and Buddhism 360
Imtiyaz Yusuf
23 Christian–Buddhist Dialogue 376
Paul O. Ingram
24 Buddhist–Jewish Relations 394
Nathan Katz
25 Hindu–Jewish Encounters 410
Barbara A. Holdrege
26 The Implicit Dialogue of Confucian Muslims 438
William Chittick and Sachiko Murata
27 A Confucian–Jewish Dialogue 450
Galia Patt-Shamir and Ping Zhang
28 The Mormon–Evangelical Dialogue 468
Robert L. Millet
Index 479
