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The Wiley-Blackwell companion to inter-religious dialogue
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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....
"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 "--
"Features a wealth of case studies on critical issues in contemporary interreligious dialogue, such as the role of monks and of women in dialogue, its relationship to peace-building and social action, and its expression in ritual and art"--
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- Creator
- edited by Catherine Cornille
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Chichester, England : Wiley-Blackwell, c2013
- Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, a John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., publication, 2013
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (490 pages)
- ISBNs
- 111852991X, 1118529936, 1118529944, 9781118529942, 9781118529911, 1119572592, 1118529928, 0470655208, 1118529901, 9781118529928, 9781118529935, 9781118529904, 9780470655207
- OCLC
- ocn827852611
- Includes index.
- English
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; PART I: Focal Topics; CHAPTER 1: The History of Inter-Religious Dialogue; The Christian Ecumenical Movement; The Move to Dialogue with Other Religions; Reasons for the Rise of Dialogue; Historicism; Intentionality; The sociology of knowledge; The limitations of language; Hermeneutics; Dialogue; The contribution of the "scientific" study of religion to inter-religious dialogue; The Deepening and Expanding of Inter-Religious Dialogue; Conclusion: The Current State of Inter-Religious Dialogue; Bibliography
- CHAPTER 2: Conditions for Inter-Religious DialogueHumility; Commitment; Interconnection; Empathy; Hospitality; Conclusion; Bibliography; CHAPTER 3: Monastic Inter-Religious Dialogue; The Creation of Commissions for Monastic Inter-Religious Dialogue; The Pioneers of Dialogue at the Level of Spiritual Experience; The History of DIM/MID, 1978 to 2012; Communication; Communion; Bibliography; CHAPTER 4: Comparative Theology and Inter-Religious Dialogue; Comparative Theology and Inter-Religious Dialogue: Some Starting Points
- A Note on the Historical Interconnections of Comparative Theology and Inter-Religious DialogueComparative Theology as the Right Theological Practice to go with Inter-Religious Dialogue; The New Contexts of Comparative Theology and Inter-Religious Dialogue; Comparative Theology and Scriptural Reasoning at the Margins of Inter-Religious Dialogue; Comparative Theology in Critical Relationship with Inter-Religious Dialogue; Is Inter-Religious Dialogue Unsettled by Comparative Theology?; In Conclusion; Bibliography; CHAPTER 5: Scriptural Reasoning as Inter-Religious Dialogue
- From Liberal Pluralism to Postliberal ParticularismHow Scriptural Reasoning Works; The Roots of Scriptural Reasoning; From Textual Reasoning to Scriptural Reasoning; Scripture: Source of Conflict; Source of Reconciliation?; Some "Rules of Conduct"; Scriptural Reasoning Between Identity (House) and Openness (Tent); House; Tent; Scriptural Reasoning as a Postsecular Project; To Conclude: Some Unanswered Theological Questions; Bibliography; CHAPTER 6: Inter-Religious Worship; Inter-Religious Worship: The Individual Level; Inter-Religious Worship and the Community
- Religion, Communion, and TranscendenceBeginnings of Inter-Religious Worship: Mahatma Gandhi; The Background of the Indian Tradition; Dialogue and the Second Vatican Council; The Initiative of Pope John Paul II; Dimensions of Inter-Religious Prayer; Ways of Praying Together; Prayer with Non-Theistic Religions; Conclusion; Bibliography; CHAPTER 7: Art and Inter-Religious Dialogue; The Difference of Art; The Act of Creation; Mediation; A mediate lens; Mediate images; Sensibility; Empathic Relation; Empathic imagining; Bibliography; CHAPTER 8: Inter-Religious Dialogue and Interstitial Theology
- Syncretism and Hybridity