Books in the Abrahamic Dialogues series

Offers a Catholic view of the Holy Land in the debate that rages among Jews, Christians, and Muslims. This book analyzes the Promised Land - as concept, history, and contested terrain - in Catholic teaching and doctrine. It offers an analytical reading of the entire Christian Bible with reference to the idea of the Land promised by God.

In this study of Martin Buber's life and work, Donald Moore focuses in on Buber's central message about what it means to be a human being and a person of faith.

Demonstrating how poor cultural translation of core terms has contributed to a distorted picture of Islam, this book provides an explication of some of the most important concepts and beliefs of the Muslim tradition, as well as interpretation of the symbolism underlying its important practices.

Explores historical, philosophical, theological, cultural, and institutional themes - from Ignatian perspectives on Halakhic spirituality and the role played in Jesuit history by Jews forced to convert to Christianity to Jesuit perspectives on Hannah Arendt, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Harold Bloom.

Surveying Vatican dialogues and documents, This title explores theological questions posed by the Shoah and the Catholic recognition of the Jewish people's covenantal life with God. It discusses the nature of Christian-Jewish relations and the need to remember their conflicted and often tragic history.

What does Martin Buber mean, in "I and Thou", by the claim that the one thing that matters is full acceptance of presence? This work seeks to clarify Buber's predialogical concept of God. It is a useful guide to Buber's early writings. It helps readers understand the depth of thought in Buber's masterpiece, "I and Thou".

The largest order of religious in the Roman Catholic Church, the Society of Jesus has been at the forefront of the ChurchΓÇÖs efforts at dialogue across religions.Understanding and improving relations between the Church and the Jewish people has been a major focus of the Holy See and the Society of Jesus for many years. This book, the fruit of a major conference on the history, nature, and dynamics of relations between Jesuits and contemporary Jewish life, brings together a rich, wide-ranging selection of essays by Jesuit scholars and pastoral leaders, a leading Jewish studies scholar, and a leading rabbi. Drawing on a variety of approaches in historical and constructive theology, literary criticism, and spirituality, the contributors explore historical, philosophical, theological, cultural, and institutional themesΓÇöfrom Ignatian perspectives on Halakhic spirituality and the role played in Jesuit history by Jews forced to convert to Christianity to Jesuit perspectives on Hannah Arendt, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Harold Bloom.

From the beginning, the Abrahamic faiths - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - have stressed the importance of transmitting religious identity from one generation to the next. This book contains responses from churches, synagogues, and mosques working to keep religion a significant force in the lives of the young people in contemporary world.

The work of Mehmedalija 'Mak' Dizdar (1917-1971) is the cornerstone of modern Bosnian literature. His work blends influences from Bosnian Christian culture, Islamic mysticism, and the cultural remains of medieval Bosnia. This book focuses on Dizdar's collection "Stone Sleeper". It discusses Dizdar's mystically influenced poem "Blue River".

Contributes to the field of Islamic studies, philosophy, and comparative religion achieves a twofold objective. This work draws from various sources, especially in the domain of Sufism, or Islamic mysticism. It is an in-depth meditation on the relationship between love and knowledge, multiplicity and unity.

This book, at the intersections of political sociology, political philosophy, and theology, reads the legacy of Bosnia as both a paradigm and an antiparadigm for the human condition.

In an age when so much violence is committed in the name of religion, how can religion become a vehicle for peace? A historic conference focused on the transformative powers of Christianity, Islam and Judaism to provide new beginnings for people of faith committed to the restoration of peace.

From the beginning, the Abrahamic faiths - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - have stressed the importance of transmitting religious identity from one generation to the next. This book contains responses from churches, synagogues, and mosques working to keep religion a significant force in the lives of the young people in contemporary world.

In an age when so much violence is committed in the name of religion, how can religion become a vehicle for peace? A historic conference focused on the transformative powers of Christianity, Islam and Judaism to provide new beginnings for people of faith committed to the restoration of peace.