How can the world's many religions overcome ideological differences and cometogether 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. 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 answerthis crucial question.Structured as a scholarly dialogue, Catholicism and Interreligious Dialogue contains essays by five Catholic scholars who have committed to extensive studyof 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 thetradition under discussion, as well as concluding comments from the Catholic scholar who offered the assessment. 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. Cunningham3. 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. Fredericks6. Catholicism and Confucianism: An Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue Peter C. Phan ResponsesRobin W. Wang and Robert Ford Campany Further Reflections Peter C. Phan7. Biographies of Authors8. Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-982789-3
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha Publicación: 08/12/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés