The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Inter-Religious Dialogue (Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion)

by Catherine Cornille

Publisher:

Wiley-Blackwell

, 2013

Overview

This comprehensive volume brings together a distinguished editorial team, including some of the field’s pioneers, to explore the aims, practice, and historical context of interfaith collaboration.

• Explores in full the background, history, objectives, and discourse between the leaders and practitioners of the world’s major religions
• Examines relations between religions from around the world, moving well beyond the common focus on Christianity, to also cover over 12 major religions
• Features a wealth of case studies on contemporary interreligious dialogue
• Charts a long-term shift away from a competitive rivalry between belief systems, and a change in focus towards the more respectful, cooperative approach reflected in institutions such as the World Council of Churches
• Includes up-to-date commentary on the growing dialogue of recent years, written by some of the leading figures working in the field of interfaith discourse

Key Features

• Presents a rigorous mapping of the various theological frameworks that religious traditions use to interpret the “other.”
• Emphasizes that inter-religious dialogue is not merely an elite academic exercise but a multifaceted practice that occurs at different levels of society.
• Moves beyond superficial “tolerance” to explore the complex theological, philosophical, and social dimensions of what happens when different faiths engage in deep conversation.

Contents

Part I: Focal Topics

• The History of Inter-Religious Dialogue - Leonard Swidler
• Conditions for Inter-Religious Dialogue - Catherine Cornille
• Monastic Inter-Religious Dialogue - Pierre-François de Béthune, OSB
• Comparative Theology and Inter-Religious Dialogue - Francis X. Clooney, SJ
• Scriptural Reasoning as Inter-Religious Dialogue - Marianne Moyaert
• Inter-Religious Worship - Michael Amaladoss, SJ
• Art and Inter-Religious Dialogue - Mary Anderson
• Inter-Religious Dialogue and Interstitial Theology - Tinu Ruparell
• Inter-Religious Dialogue and Social Action - Paul F. Knitter
• Inter-Religious Dialogue and Peacebuilding - S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana
• Women in Inter-Religious Dialogue - Jeannine Hill Fletcher

Part II: Case Studies

• Buddhist–Hindu Dialogue - David Peter Lawrence
• Jewish–Christian Dialogue - Yaakov Ariel
• Jewish–Muslim Dialogue - Reuven Firestone
• Christian–Muslim Dialogue - Daniel Madigan, SJ
• Shinto–Buddhist Dialogue - Aasulv Lande
• Muslim–Hindu Dialogue - Anna Bigelow
• Christian–Confucian Dialogue - John Berthrong
• Dialogue between Islam and African Religions - John Azumah
• Hindu–Christian Dialogue - Anantanand Rambachan
• Native American Spirituality and Christianity - Achiel Peelman
• Islam and Buddhism - Imtiyaz Yusuf
• Christian–Buddhist Dialogue - Paul O. Ingram
• Buddhist–Jewish Relations - Nathan Katz
• Hindu–Jewish Encounters - Barbara A. Holdrege
• The Implicit Dialogue of Confucian Muslims - William Chittick and Sachiko Murata
• A Confucian–Jewish Dialogue - Galia Patt-Shamir and Ping Zhang
• The Mormon–Evangelical Dialogue - Robert L. Millet

Product Details

• Title: The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Inter-Religious Dialogue
• Author: Catherine Cornille
• Series: The Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Religion
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Print Publication Date: 2013
• Logos Release Date: 2026
• Pages: 490
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Religions › Relations; Dialogue › Religious aspects
• ISBNs: 9780470655207, 0470655208
• Resource ID: LLS:WLYBLCKWLLCMDLG
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2026-01-28T21:03:00Z

About Catherine Cornille

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).