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"This is the first comprehensive textbook designed for undergraduate and graduate students in Interreligious Studies, as well as those who want to understand more about the impact of religious difference on their work and their world. Interfaith activists will find it complements their efforts in the field, enhancing their effectiveness"--
List of contents
Part I. Mapping the Field: 1. Introducing interreligious studies; 2. Challenges in naming and navigating religious difference; 3. A selective history of interreligious studies and engagement; 4. Ethical, philosophical, and theological grounds of parity pluralism; Part II. Meeting Spaces: 5. Meeting difference everywhere; 6. Media, old and new; 7. Interreligious encounter in the public square; 8. Antisemitism and Islamophobia; Part III. Modes of Engagement: 9. Practices of interreligious engagement; 10. Dialogue; 11. Study and spiritual encounter; 12. Community-based service, organizing, and advocacy; 13. Arts; 14. Conflict transformation.
About the author
Rachel S. Mikva is the Herman E. Schaalman Professor of Jewish Studies and Senior Faculty Fellow of the InterReligious Institute at Chicago Theological Seminary. A leader in Interreligious Studies, she co-chairs the American Academy of Religion's Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Program. She is the author of Dangerous Religious Ideas: The Deep Roots of Self-Critical Faith in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Beacon, 2020).
