Catholicism in Dialogue

Brother Wayne Teasdale was a lay monk who combined the traditions of Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism in the way of Christian sannyasa. A teacher and activist in building common ground among the world's religions, he served on the board of trustees of the Parliament of the World's Religions. As a member of the Monastic Interreligious Dialogue, he helped draft their Universal Declaration of Nonviolence. He was also committed to the cause of a free Tibet.

• Part 1 BackgroundChapter 2 The Conversation BeginsChapter 3 The Historical Roots of Interreligious Dialogue in the ChurchChapter 4 The Nature, Types and Fruits of DialoguePart 5 Views of DialogueChapter 6 The Presence and Example of Pope John Paul IIChapter 7 The Official Magisterial Teaching of the Church on Interreligious Encounter and DialoguePart 8 Contradictions in the Understanding of the ChurchChapter 9 The Three Basic Positions on the Other Religious TraditionsChapter 10 Tensions Between Mission and DialogueChapter 11 Interreligious Encounter and Dialogue: The Existential DialoguePart 12 The Historical Horizon of the Dialogue's Possible Future

This book is one of the most comprehensive, most readable overviews of the history, principles and problems involved in ecumenical discussion in the Catholic tradition. At the same time, it is one of the most honest presentations of the pitfalls of traditional approaches and the challenges to it that are emerging from contemporary Catholic theologians, monastic experience and the cultural realities of the time. It is both a history and a path to the future.