John Paul II and Interreligious Dialogue

by Sherwin, Byron L.; Kasimow, Harold; John Paul Ii, Pope

• ISBN13: 9781570752605
• ISBN10: 1570752605
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Summary

In the first book to explore Pope John Paul II's view on interreligious dialogue, leading scholars from Buddhism, Islam, and Judaism respond to his writings and speeches on their respective traditions, and the relationship between those faiths and Catholicism.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy
Preface	xv
Byron L. Sherwin
Harold Kasimow
Introduction: John Paul II and Interreligious Dialogue: An Overview	1	(26)
Harold Kasimow
Part One IN HIS OWN WORDS
John Paul II on Interreligious Dialogue	27	(25)
John Paul II on Buddhism	52	(6)
John Paul II on Islam	58	(12)
John Paul II on Judaism	70	(15)
Part Two BUDDHIST RESPONSES
Pope John Paul II and Christian-Buddhist Dialogue: His Holiness, the XIVth Dalai Lama	85	(11)
Wayne Teasdale
The Intrareligious Realization: Ruminations of an American Zen Buddhist	96	(12)
Robert Aitken
On John Paul II's View of Buddhism	108	(5)
Masao Abe
A Buddhist Response to John Paul II	113	(12)
Jose Ignacio Cabezon
Part Three JEWISH RESPONSES
John Paul II and the Jews	125	(14)
David M. Gordis
John Paul II's Catholic Theology of Judaism	139	(32)
Byron L. Sherwin
Part Four MUSLIM RESPONSES
Pope John Paul II on Islam	171	(16)
Mahmoud Ayoub
John Paul II and Islam	187	(22)
Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi
PART FIVE CATHOLIC REFLECTIONS
Pope John Paul II and Interreligious Dialogue: A Catholic Assessment	209	(14)
Michael L. Fitzgerald
Selected Bibliography	223	(2)
Contributors	225	(4)
Index	229