Without question, inter-religious relations are crucial in the contemporary age. While most dialogue works on past and contemporary matters, this volume takes on the relations among the Abrahamic religions and looks forward, toward the possibility of real and lasting dialogue. The book centers upon inter-faith issues. It identifies problems that stand in the way of fostering healthy dialogues both within particular religious traditions and between faiths. The volume's contributors strive for a realization of already existing common ground between religions. They engagingly explore how inter-religious dialogue can be re-energized for a new century.

Vladimir Latinovic teaches theology at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Tübingen, Germany. He also serves as executive board member of the Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network.

Gerard Mannion holds the Joseph and Winifred Amaturo Chair in Catholic Studies at Georgetown University, USA, where he is also a Senior Research Fellow of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs.



Peter Phan holds the Ignacio Ellacuría Chair of Catholic Social Thought at Georgetown University, USA.

PART I: METHOD AND INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
1. Interreligious Dialogue by Non-Christians: From the Other Side of the Divide; Peter Phan
2. Cultural-Linguistic Resources for Inter-religious and Ecumenical Dialogue; Craig A. Phillips
3. Interreligious Dialogue in a Polarized World; Richard Penaskovic
4. Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus? What Has the Catholic Church Learned about Interfaith Dialogue since Vatican II?; Sandra Mazzolini
5. Hostility and Friendship: Christian Interpretations of the Scriptures in Relation to Other Religions; Leo D. Lefebure
6. Reading Other Religious Texts – Guidance from Vatican II's Dei Verbum; Michael Barnes
7. Emptiness and Otherness: Negative Theology and the Language of Compassion; Susie Paulik Babka
PART II: JEWISH-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
8. Landmines and Vegetables: The Hope and Perils of Recent Jewish Critiques of Christianity; Peter Admirand
9. Interreligious Dialogue as Depth and Frontier: Abraham Joshua Heschel's Depth Theology and The Thirty-Fifth General Congregation of the Society of Jesus.; Joseph Palmisiano, S.J.
10. Ethical Praxis as a Basis for Jewish-Christian Dialogue; Aaron Gross
PART III: MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
11. Beyond 'A Common Word Between Us, and You'; Bahar Davary
12. The Dominican Friar, Serge de Beaurecueil's Praxis Mystica and Muslim-Christian Encounter; Minlib Dallh
13. Maria Pontifex: The Virgin Mary as a Bridge-builder in Christian-Muslim Dialogue; Lyn Holness
14. Islamic and Christian Conceptions of Civil Society: Civility and the 'Human Good'; Richard S. Park
15. Ethics in a Multifaith Society: Christians and Muslims in Dialogue; Patricia Madigan
PART IV: CONTEXT AND INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
16. Cross-Currents in African Christianity: Lessons for Inter-Cultural Hermeneutics of Friendship and Participation; Stan Chu Ilo
17. The Challenges Of Inter-Faith Relations In Ghana: A Case Study Of Its Implications For Peace-Building In Northern Ghana; Nora Kofognoterah Nonterah
18. An Inter-Faith Filipino Homeless Community's Encounter with the Syrophoenician Woman: A Contextual and Interdisciplinary Reading of Mk 7:24-30; Pascal D. Bazzell
19. Living in a Pluralistic Reality – the Indian-Asian Experience; Roberto Catalano