Interreligious studies: a relational approach to religious activism and the study of religion
Introduction: Religious activism, interfaith dialogue, and interreligious studies -- 1. A relational approach to the study of religion -- 2. Philosophies of interreligious dialogue: practice in search of theory -- 3. Interreligious dialogue and secularity -- 4. The image of the Other and othering discourses -- 5. Faith-based diplomacy and interfaith activism: dialogue from above and below -- 6. Tolerance, conscience, and solidarity: globalized concepts in ethical and religious education? -- 7. Interreligious hermeneutics and the ethical critique of the Scriptures -- 8. The sacred space between: a relational theology in dialogue with Islam -- 9. Interreligious studies and interfaith dialogue, in academia Postscript: United against extremism? -- Appendices: Three Christian-Muslim statements Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index.