Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Inter-Religious Dialogue

Catherine Cornille is Professor of Comparative Theology at Boston College, USA, where she chairs the department of Theology and runs symposia on interreligious discourse. 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) and Interreligious Dialogue and Cultural Change (2012).

"These chapters show that the Companion is not just a status quaestionis of the established theory and practice of interreligious dialogue: it actually tries to contribute to its theoretical and practical development." (Journal of Empirical Theology, 2014)"In summation, Cornille has served up what must surely establish itself as one of the core reference texts in any serious library on interreligious dialogue, encounters, and relations." (Journal of Religious History, 3 September 2014)"Instructively, the volume's impressive breadth and scholarship serve to orient readers to the future and its possibilities rather than to an alleged final word on a given dialogue. Every library and student in this and related disciplines should hold a copy." (Religious Studies Review, 16 June 2014)"Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners." (Choice, 1 February 2014)

• Notes on Contributors ixIntroduction xiiPart I Focal Topics 11 The History of Inter-Religious Dialogue 3Leonard Swidler2 Conditions for Inter-Religious Dialogue 20Catherine Cornille3 Monastic Inter-Religious Dialogue 34Pierre-François de Béthune, OSB4 Comparative Theology and Inter-Religious Dialogue 51Francis X. Clooney, SJ5 Scriptural Reasoning as Inter-Religious Dialogue 64Marianne Moyaert6 Inter-Religious Worship 87Michael Amaladoss, SJ7 Art and Inter-Religious Dialogue 99Mary Anderson8 Inter-Religious Dialogue and Interstitial Theology 117Tinu Ruparell9 Inter-Religious Dialogue and Social Action 133Paul F. Knitter10 Inter-Religious Dialogue and Peacebuilding 149S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana11 Women in Inter-Religious Dialogue 168Jeannine Hill FletcherPart II Case Studies 18512 Buddhist–Hindu Dialogue 187David Peter Lawrence13 Jewish–Christian Dialogue 205Yaakov Ariel14 Jewish–Muslim Dialogue 224Reuven Firestone15 Christian–Muslim Dialogue 244Daniel Madigan, SJ16 Shinto–Buddhist Dialogue 261Aasulv Lande17 Muslim–Hindu Dialogue 279Anna Bigelow18 Christian–Confucian Dialogue 296John Berthrong19 Dialogue between Islam and African Religions 311John Azumah20 Hindu–Christian Dialogue 325Anantanand Rambachan21 Native American Spirituality and Christianity 346Achiel Peelman22 Islam and Buddhism 360Imtiyaz Yusuf23 Christian–Buddhist Dialogue 376Paul O. Ingram24 Buddhist–Jewish Relations 394Nathan Katz25 Hindu–Jewish Encounters 410Barbara A. Holdrege26 The Implicit Dialogue of Confucian Muslims 438William Chittick and Sachiko Murata27 A Confucian–Jewish Dialogue 450Galia Patt-Shamir and Ping Zhang28 The Mormon–Evangelical Dialogue 468Robert L. MilletIndex 479