Publisher's Synopsis
Introduction / Janet Martin Soskice -- I. "Religion" or religious tradition? Religion - a Western invention? / Gwen Griffith-Dickson -- On Dominus Iesus : complementarity can be claimed / Paul J. Griffiths -- Pluralism of convictions, quest for the truth and society: some notes on the declaration Dominus Iesus / Ignace Berten -- II. Experiences and results of inter-religious dialogue : the Abrahamic traditions. In search of a "golden age" : Jews, Christians and Muslims in medieval Spain / Stefan Schreiner -- Trinity and Judaism / Peter Ochs -- Islam : Jesus and the world of dialogue / Tarif Khalidi -- Faith and politics in Islam : what paradigm? / Mustafa Abu Sway -- III. Experiences and results of inter-religious dialogue : traditions of Asia. A Hindu response to the Pope's encyclical letter, Fides et ratio / Sivanandam Panneerselvam -- Listening to a Western Buddhism / Paul Van Der Velde -- IV. Some implications. Towards a pedagogy of religious encounter / Thomas Michel, SJ -- The awakening of wizards : carnival in Rio de Janeiro and new age aesthetics / Leila Amaral -- Conclusion: the self-emptying nearness of the liberating God : contours of a Christian theology of other forms of faith / Erik Borgman.
