Interfaith relations

In the well-worn debates about religious pluralism and the theology of religions there have been many different rubrics used to account for, comprehend, or engage with the religious other.

By all measures, the late twentieth century was a time of dramatic decline for the Islamic world, the Ummah, particularly its Arab heartland.

What is anti-Semitism?

Many observers greeted the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) as the most important religious event in the twentieth century.

Examines Iran''s Armenian community, shedding light on Muslim-Christian relations in Iran since the 1979 revolution.

Beten können gehört zur religiösen Bildung, denn Gebet ist gestaltete Gottesbeziehung.

In recent decades the ebb and flow of immigration to Canada has changed significantly, with the majority of immigrants coming from non-European countries.

This ground-breaking book challenges readers to rethink the divide between liberal and orthodox approaches which characterises Christianity today.

Burns describes the birth of Christianity as a function of the Jewish past, surveying a range of ancient evidences.

The Sathya Sai global civil religious movement incorporates Hindu and Muslim practices, Buddhist, Christian, and Zoroastrian influences, and "e;New Age"e;-style rituals and beliefs.

Young people are doing faith differently.

This ground-breaking book contains contributions from 12 different religious traditions: Hinduism, African Traditional Religion, Judaism, Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Shintoism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Unitarianism and Baha'i.

Examining the law and public policy relating to religious liberty in Western liberal democracies, this book contains a detailed analysis of the history, rationale, scope, and limits of religious freedom from (but not restricted to) an evangelical Christian perspective.

In the well-worn debates about religious pluralism and the theology of religions there have been many different rubrics used to account for, comprehend, or engage with the religious other.

In his latest book, William Egginton laments the current debate over religion in America, in which religious fundamentalists have set the tone of political discourse-no one can get elected without advertising a personal relation to God, for example-and prominent atheists treat religious belief as the root of all evil.

This book deconstructs the boundaries between Jewish and Christian cultures while at the same time redefining what it means to be Jewish in relation to Christianity in the twentieth century.

In Shoah through Muslim Eyes, the author discusses her journey with Judaism as a Muslim.

For most of the twentieth century, the most critical concerns of national security have been balance-of-power politics and the global arms race.

In recent years, Protestant churches and denominations have become increasingly concerned with issues of racial diversity and reconciliation.

In the international press, East Africa is depicted as a region mired in civil war, child abduction, rebel militias, Muslim-Christian violence, and grinding poverty.

There is no single standard textbook that outlines the official Roman Catholic theological position in relation to other religions which then explicates this orientation theologically and phenomenologically in relation to the four main religions of the world and the flowering of new religious movements in the west.

The Vatican II Council of 1965 signaled a new era in the relationship of the Jewish and Christian faiths.

What are Christians to make of religious diversity?

This book offers a welcome solution to the growing need for a common language in interfaith dialogue; particularly between the three Abrahamic faiths in our modern pluralistic society.

Images of Jesus Christ in Islam 2nd Edition provides a general introduction to the question of Jesus Christ in Islam and a dialogical discussion of this issues' importance for Christian-Muslim relations.

In a strongly worded "e;notification,"e; in February of 2005, the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith denounced Jesuit Roger Haight's award-winning, best-selling book Jesus Symbol of God as containing "e;grave doctrinal errors.

Proposes an original approach to religious diversity, from religious pluralism and inter-faith dialogue to new existential challenges.

Rita Gross and Rosemary Radford Ruether have long been known for their feminist contributions to Buddhism and Christianity, respectively.

Demonstrates how learning to engage with different religious traditions can deepen and reinvigorate one''s own faith.

Many encounters between people of different religions are marked by an initial sense of incompetence, ignorance and fear-- of getting it wrong, of causing offence, of ulterior motives.

An essential interfaith resource for university chaplains and spiritual leaders in higher education.

There is no single standard textbook that outlines the official Roman Catholic theological position in relation to other religions which then explicates this orientation theologically and phenomenologically in relation to the four main religions of the world and the flowering of new religious movements in the west.

In theological discourse, argues Hugh Nicholson, the political goes "e;all the way down.

The papers in this volume form a record of the 1993 Parliament of the World's Religions, which was one of the largest interfaith gatherings ever held.

It is asserted by Judaism, Christianity and Islam alike that sin is a central part of human life.

While a rational consciousness grasps many truths, Gananath Obeyesekere believes an even richer knowledge is possible through a bold confrontation with the stuff of visions and dreams.

To the dismay of religious leaders, study after study has shown a steady decline in affiliation and identification with traditional religions in America.

An update of the history of Palestine since the 1800s, which includes recent dramatic events.

This volume argues that ''inter-faith'' is a problematic term for Christian theology and advocates a Hegelian approach to religious diversity.

One of the most comprehensive volumes on Myanmar's identity politics to date, this book discusses the entanglement of ethnic and religious identities in Myanmar and the challenges presented by its extensive ethnic-religious diversity.

This valuable book is the first to bring together theory and policy with analysis and expertise on practices in key areas of the public realm to explore what religious literacy is, why it is needed and what might be done about it.

The evil of the holocaust demands a radical rethink of the traditional Christian understanding of Judaism.