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The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Inter-Religious Dialogue
Catherine Cornille
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Description for The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Inter-Religious Dialogue
Hardcover. 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. Editor(s): Cornille, Catherine. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Religion. Num Pages: 508 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 29. Weight in Grams: 950.
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 ... Read more
- 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
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
507
Condition
New
Series
Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Religion
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780470655207
SKU
V9780470655207
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99-50
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).
Reviews for The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Inter-Religious Dialogue
"These chapters show that the Companion is not just a status quaestionis of the established theory and practice of interreligious dialogue: it actually tries to contribute to its theoretical and practical development." (Journal of Empirical Theology, 2014) "In summation, Cornille has served up what must surely establish itself as one of the core reference texts in any serious ... Read more