The Wiley–Blackwell Companion to Inter–Religious Dialogue

In recent decades, the notion of dialogue has become increasingly common in describing the proper relationship between religions. Rather than competing with one another over territories, converts, or claims, religions have generally come to adopt a more conciliatory and constructive attitude toward one another, collaborating in social projects and exchanging views on common religious questions. This uniquely comprehensive volume brings together a distinguished editorial team, including some of the field’s pioneers, to explore the aims, practice, and historical context of inter–religious dialogue. It explores the links between a multitude of faiths around the world, from Shinto to Mormonism, separated either by geography or by their disparate ideas and practices. The companion examines a range of broad developments and issues including the history of dialogue, its pre–conditions, the relationship between dialogue and social action, and peace–building. It combines this with a range of specific case studies exploring interactions between faiths. These faith–groups include Christians and Confucians, Muslims and the adherents of Africa’s diverse faiths, and Jews and Hindus, amongst others. Including up–to–date commentary on the growing engagement in recent years, it explores in full the important channels of communication now open between the scholars and practitioners of the world’s religions.

Notes on Contributors ix Introduction xii Part I Focal Topics 1 1 The History of Inter–Religious Dialogue 3 Leonard Swidler 2 Conditions for Inter–Religious Dialogue 20 Catherine Cornille 3 Monastic Inter–Religious Dialogue 34 Pierre–François de Béthune, OSB 4 Comparative Theology and Inter–Religious Dialogue 51 Francis X. Clooney, SJ 5 Scriptural Reasoning as Inter–Religious Dialogue 64 Marianne Moyaert 6 Inter–Religious Worship 87 Michael Amaladoss, SJ 7 Art and Inter–Religious Dialogue 99 Mary Anderson 8 Inter–Religious Dialogue and Interstitial Theology 117 Tinu Ruparell 9 Inter–Religious Dialogue and Social Action 133 Paul F. Knitter 10 Inter–Religious Dialogue and Peacebuilding 149 S. Ayse Kadayifci–Orellana 11 Women in Inter–Religious Dialogue 168 Jeannine Hill Fletcher Part II Case Studies 185 12 Buddhist–Hindu Dialogue 187 David Peter Lawrence 13 Jewish–Christian Dialogue 205 Yaakov Ariel 14 Jewish–Muslim Dialogue 224 Reuven Firestone 15 Christian–Muslim Dialogue 244 Daniel Madigan, SJ 16 Shinto–Buddhist Dialogue 261 Aasulv Lande 17 Muslim–Hindu Dialogue 279 Anna Bigelow 18 Christian–Confucian Dialogue 296 John Berthrong 19 Dialogue between Islam and African Religions 311 John Azumah 20 Hindu–Christian Dialogue 325 Anantanand Rambachan 21 Native American Spirituality and Christianity 346 Achiel Peelman 22 Islam and Buddhism 360 Imtiyaz Yusuf 23 Christian–Buddhist Dialogue 376 Paul O. Ingram 24 Buddhist–Jewish Relations 394 Nathan Katz 25 Hindu–Jewish Encounters 410 Barbara A. Holdrege 26 The Implicit Dialogue of Confucian Muslims 438 William Chittick and Sachiko Murata 27 A Confucian–Jewish Dialogue 450 Galia Patt–Shamir and Ping Zhang 28 The Mormon–Evangelical Dialogue 468 Robert L. Millet Index 479

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).