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

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Peter C. Phan, Georgetown University Anh Q. Tran

Christian Perspectives on Transforming Interreligious Encounter

Essays in Honor of Leo D. Lefebure

Peter C. Phan, Georgetown University, Anh Q. Tran, Felix Machado , Leo D. Lefebure

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Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
15 May 2024

Translation & interpretation; Religious ethics; Bibles; Christian life & practice

Christian Perspectives on Transforming Interreligious Encounter underscores the urgency of interreligious dialogue for contemporary society, aiming to foster interfaith understanding, justice, and peace. The initial section focuses on novel approaches to engaging with the religious Other through non-Christian sacred texts. Contributors explore the Jewish-Christian relationship, offer Christian interpretations of Hindu, Buddhist, and Confucian scriptures, and discuss the Qurʾān's potential to refine Christian theology. The dangers of comparative theology are warned against, and alternative perspectives, such as Asian liberation theology, are proposed for situating religion critically, as well as share the insights on Christian engagement with Zen practice. The second part explores the transformation of key Christian doctrines through interreligious encounters. Contributors delve into topics such as the conditions for faith and divine revelation, formulating a Christology in dialogue with Asian traditions, and understanding the Spirit as a source of questioning. They investigate the communitarian dimension of religious faith, discuss the Catholic Church's stance on interreligious dialogue, examine the role of biblical hermeneutics in decolonizing theology, and reflect on the existential threat of ecological destruction. The third part pays tribute to Leo Lefebure, emphasizing his impact on Catholic theology and comparative theology, and concludes with Lefebure's epilogue, providing him with the last word.

Epilogue by: Leo D. Lefebure
Foreword by: Felix Machado
Contributions by: John Borelli
Edited by: Peter C. Phan Georgetown University, Anh Q. Tran
Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 161mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 708g
ISBN: 9781666959987
ISBN 10: 1666959987
Pages: 378
Publication Date: 15 May 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter C. Phan is the inaugural holder of the Ignacio Ellacuría, SJ Chair of Catholic Social Thought at Georgetown University. Anh Q. Tran is associate professor of historical and systematic theology at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University.

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

This book is a must read for Christians interested in crossing religious boundaries, following in the footsteps of Lefebure. The contributor list reads like a Who's Who in Interreligious Relations. There is literally something for everyone: biblical studies, peace studies, comparative theology, decolonial theology, Christology, ecclesiology, pneumatology, ethics, hermeneutics, spirituality, mysticism, etc. It's a book written with the reader and teacher in mind. --Edmund Chia, Australian Catholic University, author of Asian Christianity and Theology (2022) and World Christianity Encounters World Religions