Scott Steinkerchner, OP, is associate director of the Center of Dominican Studies at Ohio Dominican University.

This book joins the growing rank of distinguished works on religious pluralism, interreligious dialogue, and comparative theology and will be a necessary reading for those interested in these challenging themes.

• Chapter 1: The Problem and Promise of Interreligious DialogueNotesChapter 2: The Relativity of CertaintyThe ContextLanguage-Games and Family-ResemblanceMeaningWorld-PicturesDoubts and MistakesCertaintyHow Similar Must World-Pictures Be?Scientific EvidenceNotesChapter 3: Talking Across CertaintiesThe ContextLetting the Difference Make a DifferenceWorking with Multiple World-PicturesReligions and World-PicturesHow Different Can World-Pictures Be?Engaging in Dialogue across Disparate World-PicturesOther Interpretations of WittgensteinNotesChapter 4: A Model Dialogue across Disparate World-PicturesThe Tao Te ChingThe TaoEffective LeadershipWu-weiThe Gospel of JohnThe Arrest (18:1-12)Before the High Priest (18:13-28)Pilate's Trial (18:28b-19:16)Jesus' RessurectionConclusionsNotesChapter 5: Principles and Practices of Comparative TheologyHow to Engage in Comparative ProjectsBeyond These Comparisons, What Might We Gain? What Do We Risk?NotesBibliography

Scott Steinkerchner, OP, is associate director of the Center of Dominican Studies at Ohio Dominican University.

This book joins the growing rank of distinguished works on religious pluralism, interreligious dialogue, and comparative theology and will be a necessary reading for those interested in these challenging themes.

• Chapter 1: The Problem and Promise of Interreligious DialogueNotesChapter 2: The Relativity of CertaintyThe ContextLanguage-Games and Family-ResemblanceMeaningWorld-PicturesDoubts and MistakesCertaintyHow Similar Must World-Pictures Be?Scientific EvidenceNotesChapter 3: Talking Across CertaintiesThe ContextLetting the Difference Make a DifferenceWorking with Multiple World-PicturesReligions and World-PicturesHow Different Can World-Pictures Be?Engaging in Dialogue across Disparate World-PicturesOther Interpretations of WittgensteinNotesChapter 4: A Model Dialogue across Disparate World-PicturesThe Tao Te ChingThe TaoEffective LeadershipWu-weiThe Gospel of JohnThe Arrest (18:1-12)Before the High Priest (18:13-28)Pilate's Trial (18:28b-19:16)Jesus' RessurectionConclusionsNotesChapter 5: Principles and Practices of Comparative TheologyHow to Engage in Comparative ProjectsBeyond These Comparisons, What Might We Gain? What Do We Risk?NotesBibliography