Interfaith Dialogue

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxii

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2. The Second Vatican Council and Nostra Aetate

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Vatican II and Interfaith Dialogue

      • Michael Louis Fitzgerald

      Pages 3-15

   3. Article Four of Nostra Aetate and Christian-Jewish Relations

      • John T. Pawlikowski

      Pages 17-29

   4. Jewish Perspectives on Interfaith Dialogue After Nostra Aetate

      • Fred Morgan

      Pages 31-44

   5. Response of the Asian Church to Nostra Aetate

      • Edmund Kee-Fook Chia

      Pages 45-56

3. Islam and Muslims Around the Globe

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57

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   2. Challenges of Muslim-Christian Relations in Nigeria

      • Mukhtar Umar Bunza

      Pages 59-72

   3. Impact of State Policies on Interfaith Relations in Pakistan

      • Ali Ahmed

      Pages 73-85

   4. Australian Muslims and the “Innocence of Muslims”

      • Fatih Erol Tuncer

      Pages 87-101

   5. Citizenship Between State and Mosque for Muslims in Switzerland

      • Stéphane Lathion

      Pages 103-115

4. What Christians Can Learn

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117

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   2. What Christians Can Learn from Shamanic Pneumatology

      • Jojo M. Fung

      Pages 119-128

   3. What Christians Can Learn from Buddhism

      • Paul F. Knitter

      Pages 129-142

   4. What Christians Can Learn from Indian Religions

      • Michael Amaladoss

      Pages 143-154

   5. What Christians Can Learn from Chinese Religions

      • Jonathan Y. Tan

      Pages 155-167

   6. What Christians Can Learn from Japanese Religions

      • Emi Mase-Hasegawa

      Pages 169-179

5. Methods and Models for Interfaith Dialogue

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181

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   2. Deeper Dialogue with Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders of Australia

      • Christopher C. Prowse

      Pages 183-195

   3. African Christian Approaches to Other Religions

      • Moussa Serge Traore

      Pages 197-208

 This book addresses issues central to today’s Catholic Church, focusing on the relationship between various religions in different contexts and regions across the world. The diverse array of contributors present  an inclusively interfaith enterprise, investigating a wide range of encounters and perspectives. The essays include approaches from the Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, and Bahá’í traditions, in a variety of geographic contexts. Contributors reflect on Muslims in the West, Christian-Buddhist social activism, and on Chinese, Indian, and Japanese religions. The volume also explores the experiences of communities that are often marginalized and overlooked such as the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders of Australia and the Karen tribal peoples of Thailand. Contributors examine the works of the Focolare, Gülen, and Risshō Kōsei-kai movements, and integrate the vision of Raimon Panikkar and Ken Wilber. Chapters incorporate discussions of dialogue documents such as Nostra Aetate and Dabru Emet, and methodologies such as Receptive Ecumenism, Comparative Theology, and Scriptural Reasoning. Among other goals, the book seeks to offer glimpses into interfaith dialogues across the world and examine what Christians can learn from other religions and global contexts.   

• Interfaith
• Global
• Religion
• Dialogue
• Nostra Aetate
• Christian-Jewish relations
• Christianity
• comparative religion
• dialogue
• religion
• social science
• sociology

“This book extends the usual western oriented discussion of religions to encompass a broad canvas of issues, concerns, and perspectives. It provides a real snapshot of the complexities, promises, and new avenues opened up by interfaith dialogue in very different contexts and perspectives. It will be helpful to both the novice and the expert , which is quite a rare achievement. I commend it.” (Gavin D'Costa, Professor of Catholic Theology, University of Bristol, UK)

“Fifty years after Vatican II, the doors opened to dialogue with other religions by the council documents remain at the vanguard of how Christians ought to approach and interact with others in a religiously diverse world. Our Roman Catholic and other friends in this book show how interfaith dialogue is now a global phenomenon to be engaged in multiple directions and at various levels. In a world of wall-building and militarization, we need to lift high these models of Christian commitment that witness relationally in a pluralistic world.” (Amos Yong, Professor of Theology & Mission, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA )

"Unique in its scope and depth, Interfaith Dialogue engages a broad spectrum of international scholars and religions as no other book has. Only someone with Edmund Chia's vast experience and knowledge in this field could have produced such a volume. It is both an excellent and comprehensive textbook as well as a resource for advanced scholars." (Michel Andraos, Professor, Department of Intercultural Studies and Ministry, Catholic Theological Union, USA)

• Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia

  Edmund Kee-Fook Chia

 Edmund Kee-Fook Chia is originally from Malaysia. He served for eight years as Executive Secretary of Interreligious Dialogue for the Asian Bishops’ Conferences, and taught for seven years at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, USA. Since 2011 he has been teaching at the Australian Catholic University. He is the author of Edward Schillebeeckx and Interreligious Dialogue.

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