Interreligious Hermeneutics: 2 (Interreligious Dialogue)

Description: Catherine Cornille Boston College David Tracy University of Chicago Divinity School Werner Jeanrond University of Glasgow Marianne Moyaert University of Leuven John Maraldo University of North Florida Reza Shah-Kazemi Institute of Ismaili Studies Malcolm David Eckel Boston University Joseph S. OLeary Sophia University John P. Keenan Middlebury College Hendrik Vroom VU University Amsterdam Laurie Patton Emory University Endorsements: The implications of understanding between the religions are as unclear as it is clear that such understanding is badly needed. What is intriguing about this volume is not only that it enters this still widely uncharted territory but that many of its contributions explore which light the continental tradition of hermeneutic philosophy might shed on this field. --Perry Schmidt-Leukel University of Muenster Germany This is a book packed with expertise and insight. In light of the complexities of interreligious dialogue the authors use the creativity of hermeneutical understanding to walk a necessary tight-rope: discovering those meanings that cut across religious traditions while respecting the particularity and non-negotiable otherness that exists in every religious tradition. The savvy editors have crafted a substantive volume that gives hope for true dialogue in our world of almost bewildering religious diversity. --Anthony J. Godzieba Villanova University About the Contributor(s): Catherine Cornille is Associate Professor of Comparative Theology at Boston College. She is the author of The Im-Possibility of Interreligious Dialogue (2008) and editor of Many Mansions? Multiple Religious Belonging and Christian Identity (2002) and Song Divine: Christian Commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita (2006). She is managing editor of the series Christian Commentaries on Non-Christian Sacred Texts. Christopher Conway is a doctoral candidate in Comparative Theology at Boston College working in the area of the Hindu-Christian dialogue.