Interreligious Encounters: Opportunities and Challenges

Michael Amaladoss

ISBN 10: 162698221X / ISBN 13: 9781626982215

Published by Orbis Books, 2017

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Synopsis:

This selection of essays by Jesuit theologian Michael Amaladoss brings together important insights on religious diversity in an increasingly globalised world, where religion and religious differences influence individuals and societies in profound ways. Drawing on a particular context in India, the prime example of a multi-religious milieu, Amaladoss's writings are structured around his contention that interreligious dialogue or religious pluralism are not abstracts but can only be discerned in the context of a lived reality of a world of many faiths. Interreligious Encounters considers a broad range of topics, including the challenges of crossing religious borders; the enriching practice of reading the sacred scriptures of religions other than one's own; exploring secular criteria by which to assess the truth claims of religions and approaches to finding good in evil.|This selection of essays by Jesuit theologian Michael Amaladoss brings together important insights on religious diversity in an increasingly globalised world, where religion and religious differences influence individuals and societies in profound ways. Drawing on a particular context in India, the prime example of a multi-religious milieu, Amaladoss's writings are structured around his contention that interreligious dialogue or religious pluralism are not abstracts but can only be discerned in the context of a lived reality of a world of many faiths. Interreligious Encounters considers a broad range of topics, including the challenges of crossing religious borders; the enriching practice of reading the sacred scriptures of religions other than one's own; exploring secular criteria by which to assess the truth claims of religions and approaches to finding good in evil.

About the Author: Michael Amaladoss, SJ, is author of 21 books, including The Asian Jesus, and a leading figure in the field of interreligious dialogue.

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Title: Interreligious Encounters: Opportunities and...
Publisher: Orbis Books
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good