The Church and Other Faiths: The World Council of Churches, the Vatican, and Interreligious Dialogue

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Table of Contents
Chapter One: Introduction
	Relationship Quest: The Church and Other Faiths 19
	Investigative Quest: Guiding Questions 20
	Theological Quest: Dialogue and Interreligious Engagement 22
	Research Quest: From Investigation to Reflection 24
	A Note on Terminology 27
Part One. The World Council of Churches
	Chapter Two: Interreligious Dialogue to 1960
		Nineteenth Century Antecedents 31
		Early Twentieth Century Developments 33
		Tambaram 1938  36
		Mid-century Consolidation: the World Council of Churches 38
		The Jewish Mission: Precursor to Dialogue 41
		The Word of God and the Living Faiths of Men’  46
	Chapter Three: Early Dialogue Developments
		1961: The New Delhi Assembly 49
		Council for World Mission and Evangelism 51
		1967: The Kandy Consultation 53
		1968: The Uppsala Assembly 56
		Beyond Uppsala: Emerging Breadth and Depth 57
	Chapter Four: Dialogue during the Seventies
		1971: Structural Change – the Dialogue Sub-unit 63
		Dialogue Understanding and Practice: the Early Seventies 65
		Difficulties with ‘Ideologies’  69
		1975: The Nairobi Assembly 70
		Post-Nairobi Developments 73
		1977: The Chiang Mai Consultation 76
		Guidelines to Dialogue 79
		Concluding an Era 82
	Chapter Five: The Dialogue Sub-Unit
		Early Eighties: Diversification and Stock-taking 85
		1983: The Vancouver Assembly 88
		Developments in Dialogue Understanding and Practice 91
		Emerging Issues in Dialogue 96
		Dialogue Study: ‘My Neighbour’s Faith – And Mine’ 101
		CWME 1988: Tambaram Revisited 105
		1989: San Antonio World Mission Conference  107
	Chapter Six: Inter-Religious Relations and Dialogue
		Pre-Canberra Assembly: Reviews and Preparations 113
		1990: Theology of Religions Conference 115
		1991: The Canberra Assembly 120
		Post-Canberra: The Office on Inter-Religious Relations 124
		Difficult days for Dialogue 130
	Chapter Seven: Dialogical Issues and Relations
		Religious Plurality and Theology of Religions 137
		Jewish-Christian Relations 142
		Christian-Muslim Relations 151
		1998: The Jubilee Assembly, Harare 162
		Close of an Age 165
Part Two. The Roman Catholic Church
	Chapter Eight: Vatican II and Interreligious Dialogue
		Initiatives for Dialogue 169
		Relations with Judaism 171
		Principal Documents of Vatican II  174
		Subsidiary Documents of Vatican II 179
		Relations with Islam 180
	Chapter Nine: Early Developments – Dialogue post Vatican II
		Encyclical Support: Solemn Magisterium of Paul VI 183
		Consolidation and Limitation 187
		The Secretariat for Non-Christians 190
		Early Perspectives on Dialogue 199
	Chapter Ten: The Secretariat for Non-Christians
		Interregnum and Succession: John Paul I & II 205
		Encyclical Support: Magisterium of John Paul II 206
		Developments within the Secretariat 211
		Day of Prayer for Peace: Assisi, 1986 214
		Developments in Dialogue Understanding 216
	Chapter Eleven: The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
		A New Era: From Secretariat to Pontifical Council 231
		Papal Perspectives: John Paul II on Dialogue 235
		The Role and Work of the PCID  249
		Day of Prayer for Peace: Assisi, 1993 252
	Chapter Twelve: Point and Counterpoint – Select Documents
		Attitude of the Church toward Followers of Other Religions 255
		Dialogue and Proclamation  258
			Interreligious Dialogue 261
			Proclaiming Jesus Christ  264
			Interreligious Dialogue and Proclamation 265
		Catechism of the Catholic Church  268
		Dominus Iesus: a recall to fundamentals 271
	Chapter Thirteen: Dialogical Scope
		Relations with Jews  273
		Dialogue with Islam 274
		Extending Dialogue: Into the Wider World 282
			Dialogue in the Asian context 283
			Dialogue in Africa 287
		Emerging Theology of Dialogue 291
Part Three. Interfaith Engagement: Theology and Future of Dialogue
	Chapter Fourteen: Ecumenical Engagement – Theology for Dialogue
		Opening up to Dialogue: Résumé of Engagement 299
		The Vatican and the WCC: Ecumenical Cooperation 304
		Rationales for Dialogue: Ecumenical Complementarity 309
			Dialogical Rationales of the WCC 309
			Dialogical Rationales of the Vatican 313
		Toward an Ecumenical Theology for Dialogue 320
			The Contextual Factor 320
			The Communal Component 321
			The Theocentric Element 321
			The Responsive Feature 323
			The Salvific Dimension 324
	Chapter Fifteen: Theology in and after Dialogue
		Models of Dialogue: Ecumenical Compatibility 325
			WCC Models 326
			Vatican Models 328
		Transcendental Dialogue: Toward Deeper Engagement 332
		Recurring Issues: Theology in Dialogue 337
		Theology and Dialogue: Shifts in Understanding  339
		Reflection and Rethinking: Theology after Dialogue 344
		Conclusion 350
	Chapter Sixteen: Postscript – Beyond a Conclusion
		Ecumenical Activities and Issues 351
		2006: The Porto Alegre Assembly of the WCC 354
		Benedict XVI: a new direction? 356
		The Future of Interfaith Engagement 358
		Endings and Beginnings 362
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