The Georgetown Companion to Interreligious Studies
Published on 1. June 2022
472 pages
978-1-64712-164-8 (ISBN)
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The Georgetown Companion to Interreligious Studies provides fifty thought-provoking chapters on the field's unique history, priorities, challenges, pedagogies, and practical applications, written by an international roster of experts and practitioners across religious traditions. This will serve as a valuable reference to students in the field.
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Lucinda Mosher
The Georgetown Companion to Interreligious Studies
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06/2022
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Lucinda Mosher is a faculty associate in chaplaincy and interreligious studies; codirector of the Master of Arts in Chaplaincy program; and senior scholar for Executive and Professional Education, all at the Hartford International University for Religion and Peace. She is the senior editor of the Journal of Interreligious Studies. Every year, Mosher serves as the rapporteur for the Building Bridges Seminar, an international dialogue of Christian and Muslim scholars under the stewardship of Georgetown University. She holds a doctorate of theology degree from the General Theological Seminary.
Content
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Contours and Concerns
- 1 What Is Interreligious Studies? Considerations from the "Between" Lucinda Mosher
- 2 The Interreligious Studies Agenda Three Dilemmas Brian K. Pennington
- 3 Interreligious Studies and Comparative Theology Distinctions and Tensions between Two Young Fields Pim Valkenberg
- 4 Sparring with Spider Silk Models for the Relationship between Interreligious Studies and the Interfaith Movement Hans Gustafson
- 5 Bridging, Crossing, Transgressing Interreligious Studies and Interfaith Engagement in the Catholic University Kerry P. C. San Chirico and Julia Sheetz
- 6 Committed Engagement Pursuing Interreligious Studies from a Position of Faith Jeffery D. Long
- Part II Interdisciplinarity
- 7 Ethnography in Interreligious Studies Embodiment, Self-Critique, and the Virtue of Vulnerability Devaka Premawardhana
- 8 Jewish-Hindu Encounters Experiential Interreligious Learning in the Early Twenty-First Century Alan Brill
- 9 Bibliographical History as Interreligious Studies Methodology A Project Report David Thomas
- 10 Curating an Interfaith Pilgrimage Visual Strategies for Interreligious Studies Aaron Rosen
- 11 Interreligious Studies and LawD ecolonizing Freedom of Religion and Belief Paul Hedges and Yue Liu
- 12 The Interreligious Studies Approach to Science Replacing Debate with Dialogue, Conflict with Cooperation Hossein Kamaly
- 13 Toward Enriched Ways of Knowing The Multiple Roles of Aesthetics in Interreligious Encounters William Dyrness and Alexander E. Massad
- 14 Commonality and Difference Jain Philosophical Approaches to Interreligious Studies Anil Mundra
- 15 The Arts as Arena for-and Approach to-Interreligious Studies Reflections on Dialogical Methodology Ruth Illman
- Part III Intersectionality
- 16 For Whom, and to What End? Possibilities and Implications of Privileging Intersectionality in Interreligious Studies Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier
- 17 An Ecological Approach to Interreligious Studies Seeing Religious Difference As Emerging in Place Kevin Minister
- 18 Interreligious Studies and Gender Critical Intersectional Feminist Perspectives Anne Hege Grung
- 19 Confronting White Supremacy Critical Pedagogies for Interreligious Engagement Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook
- 20 Anti-Jewish Bigotry's Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments Recommendations for Interreligious Studies Amy-Jill Levine
- 21 Toward a Praxis of Reconciliation Catholic Theology, Interreligious Studies, and Anti-Muslim Bigotry Axel Marc Oaks Takacs
- Part IV Prioritizing the Margins Evidence
- 22 Weaving Interreligious Pedagogies Indigenous and Afro-Atlantic Religious Traditions and the Visual Arts Yohana Agra Junker
- 23 Interreligious Studies, Humanism, and Secularity A Norwegian Case Study Oddbjørn Leirvik
- 24 Interesting, Varied, and Messy Lives A People's History of Christian-Muslim Relations David D. Grafton
- 25 "Drawing the Soul Towards Truth" On Exploring Hindu and Muslim Sacred Geometry Dialogically Rachelle Elizabeth
- 26 Diversity, Decolonization, and Autochthonous Voices Hinduism's Dilemma for Interreligious Studies Vrajvihari Sharan
- 27 Considering Agonistic Pluralism as a Civic Norm Implications for Interreligious Studies Brendan Randall with Whittney Barth
- Part V Interreligious Dialogical Close Reading
- 28 Teaching and Learning Interreligiously in a Time of Change Beginning (but Not Ending) with Primary Texts Francis X. Clooney, SJ
- 29 Reading Scripture "As-If" Promoting Interreligious Understanding via Contextualized Perspective-Taking Monica Sanford
- 30 Ideal and Reality An Interreligious Reading of the Gospel of John and the Mengzi Bin Song
- 31 Jewish Mystical Resources for Interreligious Engagement A Practitioner's Reflection Or N. Rose
- 32 Turning to Aesthetics The Guru Granth Sahib and Interreligious Studies Nikky-Guninder K. Singh
- 33 Spiritual Humanism Meets Cosmotheandric Vision Tu Weiming, Raimon Pannikar, and Interreligious Studies Young-chan Ro
- 34 The Building Bridges Seminar Interrogating the Category of Interreligious Studies Daniel A. Madigan, SJ
- Part VI Interreligious Educational Design
- 35 Three Approaches to Teaching Religious Diversity Toward Critical Interreligious/Interfaith Pedagogy Marianne Moyaert
- 36 Mentored Undergraduate Research A Signature Pedagogy for Interreligious Studies Amy L. Allocco and Brian K. Pennington
- 37 Kenya's "Triple Heritage" Context Implications for Interreligious Studies Esther Mombo and Florence Iminza
- 38 Teaching Things Critical Objects and Creative Students in the Interreligious Studies Classroom S. Brent Plate
- 39 (Inter)Religious Ritual Participation in a Classroom Setting Insights from Comparative Theology Hans A. Harmakaputra
- 40 Simulation-Based Pedagogy for Interreligious Literacy Critical Thinking Exercises for Teens and Young Adults Celene Marie Ibrahim
- 41 Toward Leadership, Listening, and Literacy Making the "Case" for Interreligious Studies Elinor J. Pierce
- 42 Spiritual Psychotherapy Practice Class Making the Shift from Ecumenical to Interreligious Pamela Couture
- 43 Contemplative Caregiving and a DeathFest An Interdisciplinary, Interreligious Experiment Wakoh Shannon Hickey and Hannah Murphy Buc
- 44 Training for Leadership in Multifaith Contexts Conflict Transformation Rachel S. Mikva
- 45 Chaplain Formation and Interreligious Studies A Muslim Chaplaincy Educator's Perspective on the Interconnection Bilal W. Ansari
- 46 On Learning to Build an Organization Interreligious/Interfaith Studies and Civic Renewal Eboo Patel
- Part VII Trajectories
- 47 Foundational Contributions and Next Steps The Development of Interreligious/Interfaith Studies Jennifer Howe Peace
- 48 Critical Interreligious Interdisciplinary Theological Reflection Methodological and Hermeneutical Considerations for Interreligious Studies Rita D. Sherma
- 49 Integrating Speaking About with Speaking With Toward a Comparative Theology of Religious Diversity John J. Thatamanil
- 50 A Contrapuntal Discipline Through the Landscape of "Inter-" and "Religious" Timur R. Yuskaev
- Abbreviations
- About the Editor
- About the Contributors
- Chapters by Author Surname
- Index
