Beyond Agreement Interreligious Dialogue amid Persistent Differences

by Steinkerchner, Scott; Clooney, SJ, Francis X.,

• ISBN13: 9781442206427
• ISBN10: 144220642X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Beyond Agreement addresses the thorny question of how to make interreligious dialogue productive when the religious differences are so large that finding common ground seems unlikely. The book offers a way to think about interreligious dialogue that allows people to stay committed to their own truth as they have come to know it while being open to learning from other religions. It then outlines a way for Christian theologians to enter into a profitable dialogue with the beliefs and traditions of other religions. It also presents practical steps to follow in order to keep this dialogue productive and respectful of similarities and differences among religions.

Author Biography

Scott Steinkerchner, OP, is associate director of the Center of Dominican Studies at Ohio Dominican University.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
The Problem and Promise of Interreligious Dialogue	p. 1
Notes	p. 15
The Relativity of Certainty	p. 19
The Context	p. 20
Language-Games and Family-Resemblance	p. 20
Meaning	p. 24
World-Pictures	p. 29
Doubts and Mistakes	p. 36
Certainty	p. 40
How Similar Must World-Pictures Be?	p. 45
Scientific Evidence	p. 47
Notes	p. 51
Talking Across Certainties	p. 57
The Context	p. 57
Letting the Difference Make a Difference	p. 61
Working with Multiple World-Pictures	p. 65
Religions and World-Pictures	p. 71
How Different Can World-Pictures Be?	p. 75
Engaging in Dialogue across Disparate World-Pictures	p. 80
Other Interpretations of Wittgenstein	p. 94
Notes	p. 104
A Model Dialogue Across Disparate World-Pictures	p. 111
The Tao Te Ching	p. 112
The Tao	p. 112
Effective Leadership	p. 116
Wu-wei	p. 118
The Gospel of John	p. 120
The Arrest (18:1-12)	p. 122
Before the High Priest (18:13-28)	p. 127
Pilate's Trial (l8:28b-19:16)	p. 131
Jesus' Resurrection	p. 140
Conclusions	p. 143
Notes	p. 144
Principles and Practices of Comparative Theology	p. 149
How to Engage in Comparative Projects	p. 164
Beyond these Comparisons, What Might We Gain? What Do We Risk?	p. 175
Notes	p. 178
Bibliography	p. 181
Index	p. 187
About the Author	p. 191
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