Interfaith Theology

Drawing on the words of over one hundred theologians and philosophers of religion, this anthology expresses their views on such issues as salvation, pluralism, and the conflicting truth claims made by the different world faiths. The readings in this volume are taken from across the world religions and their key thinkers; they cover the full spectrum of views from traditional to radical, as well as providing a comprehensive overview of the interfaith debate and all its central themes. Among the significant voices included are those of Hans Kung, karl Barth, Mahatma Gandhi, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Martin Buber and the Dalai Lama in a collection that traces the development of the discipline from the early twentieth century to the present day. Coherent, detailed, and featuring an extensive bibliography of the major works in the field, this is an essential text for anyone interested in or involved with interfaith relations.

Introduction 1


A Masao Abe 23;


Kajsa Ahlstrand 25;


Shabbir Akhtar 26;


Gerald H. Anderson 28;


Norman Anderson 30;


Kofi Appiah-Kubi 31;


S. Wesley Ariarajah 33;


Hasan Askari 35;


Mahmoud Ayoub 36


B Paul Badham 38;


Karl Barth 40;


José Miguez Bonino 41;


Eugene Borowitz 43;


Marcus Braybrooke 45;


Michael von Bruck 47;


Emil Brunner 49;


M. Darrol Bryant 50;


Martin Buber 52


C John Carman 54;


Teilhard de Chardin 56;


Ellen Zubrack Charry 57;


John Cobb 59;


Dan Cohn-Sherbok 61;


Demetrios J. Constanteolos 62;


Harvey Cox 64;


Kenneth Cracknell 66;


Kenneth Cragg 68;


Don Cupitt 69


D Dalai Lama 72;


Gavin D'Costa 73;


Gunapala Dharmasiri 75;


Tom Driver 77;


Francis Xavier D'Sa 79


F Randall Falk 81;


Ze'ev Falk 83;


Anthony Fernando 85;


Joseph H. Fichter 87;


Durwood Foster 88;


Helen Fry 90;


Charles Wei-Hsun Fu 92


G Mahatma Gandhi 94;


Ramchandra Gandhi 96;


Langdon Gilkey 97;


Arthur Glasser 99;


Paul J. Griffiths 101


H Stanley Harakas 103;


David Hart 104;


Monika K. Hellwig 106;


John Hick 107;


Eugene Hillman 109;


William Ernst Hocking 111


I Kenneth K. Inada 113;


Muhammad Iqbal 115


J Louis Jacobs 117;


K. N. Jayatilleke 119


K David Kerr 121;


Ursula King 122;


Paul F. Knitter 124


Hendrik Kraemer 126;


Hans Kü ng 128;


Karl-Josef Kuschel 130


L Christopher Lamb 132


M John Macquarrie 134;


John Mbiti 136;


Kana Mitra 138;


Jü rgen Moltmann 139;


Moojan Momen 141;


Bithika Mukerji 144


N Seyyed Hossein Nasr 146;


Michael Nazir-Ali 148;


Stephen Neill 149;


Lesslie Newbigin 151;


David Novak 153


O Joseph Osei-Bonsu 155


P Mahinda Palihawandana 157;


Raimundo Panikkar 159;


Bhiku Parekh 160;


Geoffrey Parrinder 162;


Peter Phan 164;


Aloysius Pieris 166


Q Sayyid Qutb 168


R Alan Race 170;


Fazlur Rahman 172;


Karl Rahner 174;


Stuart E. Rosenberg 175;


Franz Rosenzweig 177;


Rosemary Radford Ruether 178;


Robert Runcie 180


S Stanley Samartha 182;


Dayananda Sarasvati 184;


Henri le Saux 185;


Zalman Schachter 187;


Robert P. Scharlemann 188;


Christoph Schwobel 190;


Waldron Scott 192;


Ahmed Shafaat 194;


Ingrid Shafer 195;


Ninian Smart 197;


Huston Smith 199;


Wilfred Cantwell Smith 201;


Norman Solomon 203;


Mary Ann Stenger 204;


Marjorie Hewitt Suchowcki 206;


Leonard Swidler 207


T Mohammed Talbi 210;


John V. Taylor 212;


Paul Tillich 214;


Arnold Toynbee 215;


Leo Trepp 217;


Ernst Troeltsch 218


V Vivekananda 221;


Hendrik Vroom 223


W Keith Ward 225;


Rowan Williams 227;


Sherwin Wine 229;


Michael Wyschogrod 230


Y Seiichi Yagi 233