Offers a guide for members of any faith tradition who want to move beyond the rhetoric of interfaith dialogue and into the demanding yet richly rewarding work of developing new understandings of the religious other—and of one's own tradition.
Mary C. Boys and Sara S. Lee
Foreword by Dorothy C. Bass
Paperback
6 x 9, 240 pp | 978-1-59473-254-6
Discover the Power of Dialogue to Heal Religious Division
How can members of different faith traditions approach each other with openness and respect? How can they confront the painful conflicts in their history and overcome theological misconceptions? For more than twenty years, Professors Mary C. Boys and Sara S. Lee have explored ways that Catholics and Jews might overcome mistrust and misunderstandings in order to promote commitment to religious pluralism.
At its best, interreligious dialogue entails not simply learning about the other from the safety of one’s own faith community, but rather engaging in specific learning activities with members of the other faith—learning in the presence of the other. Drawing upon examples from their own experience, Boys and Lee lay out a framework for engaging the religious other in depth. With vision and insight, they discuss ways of fostering relationships among participants and with key texts, beliefs and practices of the other’s tradition.
In this groundbreaking resource, they offer a guide for members of any faith tradition who want to move beyond the rhetoric of interfaith dialogue and into the demanding yet richly rewarding work of developing new understandings of the religious other—and of one’s own tradition.
“Informed, honest and pragmatic, demonstrates why and how Jews and Christians can engage in dialogue on usually intractable subjects. An essential guide for interreligious learning.”
—Amy-Jill Levine, professor of New Testament Studies, Vanderbilt University Divinity School
“Two of America's foremost religious educators [provide] ... a lesson in the power and potential of interreligious learning.”
—Jonathan D. Sarna, professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University and author of American Judaism: A History
