Christian Perspectives on Transforming Interreligious Encounter

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.

• Foreword: Archbishop Felix MachadoAcknowledgementsPoem: Leo Lefebure, Stephen LefebureIntroduction: Ways to Read the Sacred Writings of Other Religions. Peter C. PhanPart I: Ways of Encountering the Religious OtherChapter 1: The Christian Bible and Interreligious Relations: A Conversation with Leo D. Lefebure, John T. PawlikowskiChapter 2: A Christian Reading of the Bhagavad Gita: Relationship and Service with God and with Others, Kristin Johnston LargenChapter 3: Dorothy Day and Pa?acara: Two Women and Their Long Loneliness. James L. FredericksChapter 4: Christian Readings of the Confucian Classics. Thierry MeynardChapter 5: A Christian’s Reading of the Jewish Scriptures. Mary C. BoysChapter 6: A Christian Reading of the Qur?an. Jason WelleChapter 7: Can Christians Learn from Qur’anic Christology? Leo Lefebure’s Theology of Judaism and Islam, Klaus von StoschChapter 8: Empire, Ethno-Nationalist Frontiers, and Theologies: Working Interreligiously for Just Peace. Jude Lal FernandoChapter 9: A Christian Encounter with Zen: Toward a Mysticism of Engagement. Ruben L.F. HabitoPart II: Issues in Interreligious EncounterChapter 10: Speaking of the Ineffable: Divine Revelation and Faith, Peter FeldmeierChapter 11: Jesus Christ as the Embodiment of Divine Wisdom: An Asian Interreligious Reading, Anh Q. Tran, SJChapter 12: The Holy Spirit of Truth and Grace, Dale T. IrvinChapter 13: Communities of Faith and Salvation, Marc A. PuglieseChapter 14: The Catholic Church and Interreligious Dialogue: An Emphasis on Spiritual Accompaniment, John BorelliChapter 15: Religion and Violence: The Role of Biblical Hermeneutics in Decolonial Theology, with a Focus on the African Biblical Studies. Debora TonelliChapter 16: The Buddha, the Christ, and the Amazonian Chief, Erin Lothes BivianoPart III: Leo Lefebure, A Man of Interreligious EncounterChapter 17: The Wise Man from The West and A Pontifex Building Bridges Between East And West: An Appreciation of Leo D. Lefebure. Peter C. PhanEpilogue, Leo D. LefebureAbout the Contributors

This book is worthy of the spirit, vitality, and inclusivity of Leo. It works, as intended, both as a Festschrift and textbook, opening students to the richness of interreligious encounter as transformation and a blueprint for the renewal and future of Christian theology.