Encountering the Stranger

Leonard Grob is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Fairleigh Dickinson University. John K. Roth is Edward J. Sexton Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College. The other contributors are Rachel N. Baum, Margaret Brearley, Britta Frede-Wenger, Henry Greenspan, Peter J. Haas, Riffat Hassan, Zayn Kassam, Henry F. Knight, Hubert G. Locke, Rochelle L. Millen, Khaleel Mohammed, David Patterson, Didier Pollefeyt, BŸlent Senay, Sana Tayyen, and Bassam Tibi.

"The subject is critical. In our pluralistic world, the need to encounter the stranger is not only a question of hospitality. It is a matter of our survival. Given the enormity of our global issues, it is clear that no one nation, culture, or religion can solve the problems. We simply have to co-operate and collaborate." -Imam Jamal Rahman, author of The Fragrance of Faith: The Enlightened Heart of Islam "Encountering the Stranger is an exciting, rewarding book, a pathbreaking work full of theological treasures, insights, and stimulating ideas." -Martin Rumscheidt, Atlantic School of Theology "This is an important scholarly event, a teaching tool, and a resource for clergy formation and informal adult religious studies. The prominence of the contributors will help the book reach a wide range of constituencies and the accessible presentation of the divergent perspectives gathered here will grip readers." George R. Wilkes, University of Edinburgh

• Prologue: Trialogue Is the WayLeonard Grob and John K. Rothi. In The Shadow of the Holocaust: Safeguarding the Stranger1 "You Shall Not Murder": A Foundation for Trialogue?John K. Roth2 Whom May I Kill?Zayn Kassam3"Where Is Your Brother?": Jewish Teachings on the "Stranger"David Patterson4?Canopies of Hospitality: Post-Shoah Christian Faith and Making Room for Others?Henry F. Knight5 The Place of Non-Muslims in the Islamic Concept of the "Other": The Need for Rethinking Islamic Tradition in the Pursuitof Religious Pluralism Bassam Tibi6 The Jewish Roots of Emmanuel Levinas'sMetaphysics of WelcomeLeonard Grob ii. The "Other" in the Scripture and Tradition: Valuing the Stranger7 Encountering the Stranger in Classic Rabbinic JudaismPeter J. Haas8 Encountering the Stranger: Aspects of Medieval ChristianityMargaret Brearley9Noah and Others: Pluralism in Ancient and Modern JudaismRochelle L. Millen10Normative Islamic (Qur'anic) Teachings on Pluralism: Reflections on "The People of the Book"Riffat Hassan11 Reflexivity and Tawallî between Jews, Christians, and MuslimsBülent Senay12 Encountering the Other: Enemy or Stranger?Hubert G. Locke iii. The Hospitality of Pluralism: Welcoming the Stranger 13 OraHenry Greenspan14Bearers of the Rings: Reflections on Christian Spirituality and the Theology of ReligionsBritta Frede-Wenger15 Litarafoo: The Dialogical MethodSana Tayyen16 Loving the Stranger: Intimacy between Jews and Non-JewsRachel N. Baum17 When Certainty Becomes ImmaterialKhaleel Mohammed18 Interreligious Dialogue beyond Absolutism, Relativism, andParticularism: A Catholic Approach to Religious DiversityDidier PollefeytEpilogue: What Should Be Remembered?Leonard Grob and John K. RothSelected BibliographyEditors and ContributorsIndex?