Being open, being faithful
Subtitle: the journey of interreligious dialogue
By: Douglas Pratt
Publisher: World Council of Churches Publications; World Council of Churches
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Geneva, Switzerland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9782825415757
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Dialogue; Religious aspects; Interfaith relations; Relations; Christianity; Religions; Religious pluralism; Christianity and other religions
Description: In some ways the frontier of global Christianity lies not in repairing its past divisions so much as bravely facing its future in a world of many other faiths and conflicting convictions. Douglas Pratt's new work is a brief history, astute analysis, and trustworthy guide for Christian encounter in this pluralistic environment. A central argument of this perceptive work is that interreligious dialogue has moved so far as to fundamentally change the , attitudes and openness of world religious traditions to each other, promising a future more open and less hostile than one might otherwise think. Pratt presents and reflects on the recent history of interreligious encounter and dialogue, and he traces the manifold difficulties involved, especially as they are experienced in Roman Catholic and WCC engagements with other faiths. But Pratt does much more: along with the history of such encounters, Pratt examines the issue of Christian discipleship in the context of interfaith engagement, the operative models, the thorny issue of core theological commitments, and what, in Pratt s view, might be the shape of Christian identity in light of such encounters.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-187) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preliminary considerations: prospects for dialogue; title: Contending with diversity: the context of dialogue; title: From conversion to conversation: the emergence of dialogue; title: Ecumenical interreligious engagement: the progress of dialogue; title: Dialogue praxis: models and issues; title: Toward a theology of dialogue: ecumenical considerations; title: Interfaith relations: dialogue and discipleship; title: Interreligious prayer: dialogue in action; title: Faithful openness: identity and interreligious dialogue.