Catholicism and Interreligious Dialogue
Published on 8. December 2011
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-19-982787-9 (ISBN)
Description
How can the world's many religions overcome ideological differences and come together to promote understanding, justice and peace? In this groundbreaking volume, James L. Heft and fifteen other leading scholars of the world's major religions show how to answer this crucial question.
Structured as a scholarly dialogue, Catholicism and Interreligious Dialogue contains essays by five Catholic scholars who have committed to extensive study of and dialogue with another world religion. Each scholar presents an assessment of the present state of interreligious dialogue between the Catholic Church and practitioners of a a particular faith, including Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism. These assessments are followed by critical responses from two scholars of the tradition under discussion, as well as concluding comments from the Catholic scholar who offered the assessment.
Structured as a scholarly dialogue, Catholicism and Interreligious Dialogue contains essays by five Catholic scholars who have committed to extensive study of and dialogue with another world religion. Each scholar presents an assessment of the present state of interreligious dialogue between the Catholic Church and practitioners of a a particular faith, including Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism. These assessments are followed by critical responses from two scholars of the tradition under discussion, as well as concluding comments from the Catholic scholar who offered the assessment.
Reviews / Votes
In bringing together prominent Catholic theologians who have been engaged in prolonged dialogue with particular religious traditions, this book offers a rich taste of the very different flavors of interreligious dialogue. Each religion indeed presents its own challenges and opportunities for Christian theological reflection. In allowing for responses by scholars belonging to the respective traditions, the book moreover engages in actual dialogue, or in a dialogue about dialogue. * Catherine Cornille, author of The Im-Possibility of Interreligious Dialogue *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 157 mm
Width: 236 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-982787-9 (9780199827879)
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James L. Heft
Catholicism and Interreligious Dialogue
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12/2011
Oxford University Press Inc
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Catholicism and Interreligious Dialogue
E-Book
11/2011
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OUP eBook
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Person
Alton M. Brooks Professor of Religion, University of Southern California and President of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC.
Content
1. Introduction ; James L. Heft, S.M. ; 2. Catholicism and Judaism: The Road Behind and the Road Ahead ; Philip A. Cunningham ; Responses ; Elliot N. Dorff and Rachel Adler ; Further Reflections ; Philip A. Cunningham ; 3. Catholicism and Islam: Dialogue in Difficult Times ; Daniel Madigan, S.J. ; Responses ; Zayn Kassam and Jihad Turk ; Further Reflections ; Daniel Madigan, S. J. ; 4. Catholicism and Hinduism: Learning Our Way ; Francis Clooney, S. J. ; Responses ; Christopher Chapple and Swami Sarvadevananda ; Further Reflections ; Francis Clooney, S.J. ; 5. Catholicism and Buddhism: Off the Map ; James L. Fredericks ; Responses ; Anselm Kyongsuk Min and Huaiyu Chen ; Further Reflections ; James L. Fredericks ; 6. Catholicism and Confucianism: An Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue ; Peter C. Phan ; Responses ; Robin W. Wang and Robert Ford Campany ; Further Reflections ; Peter C. Phan ; 7. Biographies of Authors ; 8. Index