Encountering the Stranger

"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

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, Blent Senay, Sana Tayyen, and Bassam Tibi.

Prologue: Trialogue Is the Way Leonard Grob and John K. Roth i. In The Shadow of the Holocaust: Safeguarding the Stranger 1 "You Shall Not Murder": A Foundation for Trialogue? John K. Roth 2 Whom May I Kill? Zayn Kassam 3"Where Is Your Brother?": Jewish Teachings on the "Stranger" David Patterson 4?Canopies of Hospitality: Post-Shoah Christian Faith and Making Room for Others? Henry F. Knight 5 The Place of Non-Muslims in the Islamic Concept of the "Other": The Need for Rethinking Islamic Tradition in the Pursuit of Religious Pluralism Bassam Tibi 6 The Jewish Roots of Emmanuel Levinas's Metaphysics of Welcome Leonard Grob ii. The "Other" in the Scripture and Tradition: Valuing the Stranger 7 Encountering the Stranger in Classic Rabbinic Judaism Peter J. Haas 8 Encountering the Stranger: Aspects of Medieval Christianity Margaret Brearley 9Noah and Others: Pluralism in Ancient and Modern Judaism Rochelle L. Millen 10Normative Islamic (Qur'anic) Teachings on Pluralism: Reflections on "The People of the Book" Riffat Hassan 11 Reflexivity and Tawall between Jews, Christians, and Muslims Blent Senay 12 Encountering the Other: Enemy or Stranger? Hubert G. Locke iii. The Hospitality of Pluralism: Welcoming the Stranger 13 Ora Henry Greenspan 14Bearers of the Rings: Reflections on Christian Spirituality and the Theology of Religions Britta Frede-Wenger 15 Litarafoo: The Dialogical Method Sana Tayyen 16 Loving the Stranger: Intimacy between Jews and Non-Jews Rachel N. Baum 17 When Certainty Becomes Immaterial Khaleel Mohammed 18 Interreligious Dialogue beyond Absolutism, Relativism, and Particularism: A Catholic Approach to Religious Diversity Didier Pollefeyt Epilogue: What Should Be Remembered? Leonard Grob and John K. Roth Selected Bibliography Editors and Contributors Index?