Understanding Interreligious Relations

Description

The ways in which religious communities interact with one another is an increasing focus of scholarly research and teaching. Issues of interreligious engagement, inclusive of dialogue more specifically and relations more generally, attract widespread interest and concern. In a religiously pluralist world, how different communities get along with each other is not just an academic question; it is very much a focus of socio-political and wider community attention. The study of religions and religion in the 21st century world must necessarily take account of relations within and between religions, whether this is approached from a theological, historical, political, or any other disciplinary point of view. Understanding Interreligious Relations is a reference work of relevance to students and scholars as well as of interest to a wider informed public. It comprises two main parts. The first provides expositions and critical discussions of the ways in which 'the other' has been construed and addressed from within the major religious traditions. The second presents analyses and discussions of key issues and topics in which interreligious relations are an integral constituent. The editors have assembled an authoritative and scholarly work that discusses perspectives on the religious 'other' and interreligious relations that are typical of the major religious traditions; together with substantial original chapters from a cross-section of emerging and established scholars on main debates and issues in the wider field of interreligious relations. Cover Contents List of Contributors 1 Introduction Part I: Religions and the Religious Other 2 Religion and the Religious Other 3 Hinduism and the Religious Other 4 Judaism and the Religious Other 5 Buddhism and the Religious Other 6 Christianity and the Religious Other 7 Islam and the Religious Other Part II: Themes and Issues in Interreligious Relations 8 Interreligious Conversion 9 Interreligious Dialogue 10 Interreligious Majority–Minority Dynamics 11 Fundamentalism, Exclusivism, and Religious Extremism 12 Encounter as Conflict: Interfaith Peace-Building 13 Interreligious Engagement in the Public Sphere 14 Dialogue, Liberation, and Justice 15 Multiple Religious Belonging 16 Boundaries and Encounters 17 Interreligious Cooperation 18 The Future of Engagement: Emerging Contexts and Trends Bibliography Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z