Christian Perspectives on Transforming Interreligious Encounter: Essays in Honor of Leo D. Lefebure

Christian Perspectives on Transforming Interreligious Encounter highlights the importance of interreligious dialogue for contemporary society, exploring novel approaches to engaging with the religious Other, transforming key Christian doctrines, and paying tribute to Leo Lefebure's impact on Catholic theology and comparative theology.

Format: Hardback
Length: 378 pages
Publication date: 15 May 2024
Publisher: Lexington Books

Christian Perspectives on Transforming Interreligious Encounter highlights the importance of interreligious dialogue for contemporary society, seeking to promote interfaith understanding, justice, and peace. The first section explores novel approaches to engaging with the religious Other through non-Christian sacred texts, including the Jewish-Christian relationship, Christian interpretations of Hindu, Buddhist, and Confucian scriptures, and the potential of the Qur'an to refine Christian theology. The dangers of comparative theology are cautioned against, and alternative perspectives, such as Asian liberation theology, are proposed for situating religion critically. The second part delves into the transformation of key Christian doctrines through interreligious encounters, covering topics such as the conditions for faith and divine revelation, the formulation of a Christology in dialogue with Asian traditions, and the understanding of the Spirit as a source of questioning. The communitarian dimension of religious faith is explored, the Catholic Church's stance on interreligious dialogue is examined, the role of biblical hermeneutics in decolonizing theology is discussed, and the existential threat of ecological destruction is reflected upon. The third part pays tribute to Leo Lefebure, highlighting his impact on Catholic theology and comparative theology, and concludes with Lefebure's epilogue, providing him with the last word.

Weight: 454g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781666959987