Catholicism and Interreligious Dialogue
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.
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Catholicism and Interreligious Dialogue
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.
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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199827893
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 11/21/2011
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Fr. James L. Heft, S.M. (Marianist), Alton Brooks Professor of Religion at the University of Southern California, is the author or editor of twelve books and over 170 scholarly articles, and currently serves at the President of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC. His recent research has focused on the mission of Catholic education and interreligious dialogue.

Table of Contents

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


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