{"product_id":"world-christianity-encounters-world-religions-a-summa-of-interfaith-dialogue-9780814684221","title":"World Christianity Encounters World Religions: A Summa of Interfaith Dialogue","description":"\u003cp\u003eSynthesizing the thinking of the most prominent scholars, Professor Edmund Chia discusses practically everything that should be known about Christianity's encounter with other religions in this comprehensive book. Topics include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe invention of the idea of World Religions and World Christianity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe Bible and the church's attitude toward other faiths\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVatican II, Asian Christianity, and interfaith dialogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe what, why, when, and how of dialogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe global ecumenical movement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etheologies of religious pluralism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecross-textual hermeneutics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecomparative theology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003einterfaith worship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereligious syncretism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emultiple religious belonging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003einterfaith learning in seminaries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChia, Edmund Kee-Fook:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eEdmund Chia, originally from Malaysia, headed the interreligious and ecumenical office of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences from 1996 to 2004. He then served on the faculty of the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago for seven years and, since 2011, has been teaching at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne. He has an MA in religion from the Catholic University of America and a PhD in intercultural theology from the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFitzgerald, Michael Louis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eArchbishop Michael Louis Fitzgerald, MAfr, was ordained priest as a member of the Society of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) in 1961, and he obtained his doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University (1965) and a BAhons in Arabic from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University (1968). He served on the General Council of the Missionaries of Africa (1980-1986) and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. He was ordained bishop in 1992 and was raised to the rank of archbishop in 2002. From 2006 to 2012, he was apostolic nuncio in Egypt and delegate to the League of Arab States. He is author (with R. Caspar) of \u003ci\u003eSigns of Dialogue\u003c\/i\u003e (1992); \u003ci\u003eDieu rêve d'unité \u003c\/i\u003e(2005); (with John Borelli) of \u003ci\u003eInterfaith Dialogue \u003c\/i\u003e(2006), and of numerous articles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liturgical Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413354156306,"sku":"9780814684221","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_25ce02fb-63a0-4a95-8513-1846aab3994b.jpg?v=1729352877","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/world-christianity-encounters-world-religions-a-summa-of-interfaith-dialogue-9780814684221","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}