The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Inter-Religious Dialogue

Cornille, Catherine (Editor)

Blackwell Companions to Religion

1. Edition April 2020
512 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-1-119-57259-6

John Wiley & Sons

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This 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

Notes 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

CATHERINE CORNILLE is the Newton College Alumnae Chair and Professor of Comparative Theology at Boston College. Professor Cornille is a widely published authority in this field, whose books include Many Mansions? Multiple Religious Belonging and Christian Identity (2002), The Im-Possibility of Interreligious Dialogue (2008), Interreligious Hermeneutics (2010), and Meaning and Method in Comparative Theology (2020). She is also editor of the series "Christian Commentaries on non-Christian Sacred Texts."

C. Cornille, Boston College, USA