The Georgetown Companion to Interreligious Studies

Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Part I Contours and Concerns
	1 What Is Interreligious Studies? Considerations from the “Between” Lucinda Mosher
	2 The Interreligious Studies Agenda Three Dilemmas Brian K. Pennington
	3 Interreligious Studies and Comparative Theology Distinctions and Tensions between Two Young Fields Pim Valkenberg
	4 Sparring with Spider Silk Models for the Relationship between Interreligious Studies and the Interfaith Movement Hans Gustafson
	5 Bridging, Crossing, Transgressing Interreligious Studies and Interfaith Engagement in the Catholic University Kerry P. C. San Chirico and Julia Sheetz
	6 Committed Engagement Pursuing Interreligious Studies from a Position of Faith Jeffery D. Long
Part II Interdisciplinarity
	7 Ethnography in Interreligious Studies Embodiment, Self-Critique, and the Virtue of Vulnerability Devaka Premawardhana
	8 Jewish-Hindu Encounters Experiential Interreligious Learning in the Early Twenty-First Century Alan Brill
	9 Bibliographical History as Interreligious Studies Methodology A Project Report David Thomas
	10 Curating an Interfaith Pilgrimage Visual Strategies for Interreligious Studies Aaron Rosen
	11 Interreligious Studies and LawD ecolonizing Freedom of Religion and Belief Paul Hedges and Yue Liu
	12 The Interreligious Studies Approach to Science Replacing Debate with Dialogue, Conflict with Cooperation Hossein Kamaly
	13 Toward Enriched Ways of Knowing The Multiple Roles of Aesthetics in Interreligious Encounters William Dyrness and Alexander E. Massad
	14 Commonality and Difference Jain Philosophical Approaches to Interreligious Studies Anil Mundra
	15 The Arts as Arena for—and Approach to—Interreligious Studies Reflections on Dialogical Methodology Ruth Illman
Part III Intersectionality
	16 For Whom, and to What End? Possibilities and Implications of Privileging Intersectionality in Interreligious Studies Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier
	17 An Ecological Approach to Interreligious Studies Seeing Religious Difference As Emerging in Place Kevin Minister
	18 Interreligious Studies and Gender Critical Intersectional Feminist Perspectives Anne Hege Grung
	19 Confronting White Supremacy Critical Pedagogies for Interreligious Engagement Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook
	20 Anti-Jewish Bigotry’s Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments Recommendations for Interreligious Studies Amy-Jill Levine
	21 Toward a Praxis of Reconciliation Catholic Theology, Interreligious Studies, and Anti-Muslim Bigotry Axel Marc Oaks Takacs
Part IV Prioritizing the Margins Evidence
	22 Weaving Interreligious Pedagogies Indigenous and Afro-Atlantic Religious Traditions and the Visual Arts Yohana Agra Junker
	23 Interreligious Studies, Humanism, and Secularity A Norwegian Case Study Oddbjørn Leirvik
	24 Interesting, Varied, and Messy Lives A People’s History of Christian-Muslim Relations David D. Grafton
	25 “Drawing the Soul Towards Truth” On Exploring Hindu and Muslim Sacred Geometry Dialogically Rachelle Elizabeth
	26 Diversity, Decolonization, and Autochthonous Voices Hinduism’s Dilemma for Interreligious Studies Vrajvihari Sharan
	27 Considering Agonistic Pluralism as a Civic Norm Implications for Interreligious Studies Brendan Randall with Whittney Barth
Part V Interreligious Dialogical Close Reading
	28 Teaching and Learning Interreligiously in a Time of Change Beginning (but Not Ending) with Primary Texts Francis X. Clooney, SJ
	29 Reading Scripture “As-If” Promoting Interreligious Understanding via Contextualized Perspective-Taking Monica Sanford
	30 Ideal and Reality An Interreligious Reading of the Gospel of John and the Mengzi Bin Song
	31 Jewish Mystical Resources for Interreligious Engagement A Practitioner’s Reflection Or N. Rose
	32 Turning to Aesthetics The Guru Granth Sahib and Interreligious Studies Nikky-Guninder K. Singh
	33 Spiritual Humanism Meets Cosmotheandric Vision Tu Weiming, Raimon Pannikar, and Interreligious Studies Young-chan Ro
	34 The Building Bridges Seminar Interrogating the Category of Interreligious Studies Daniel A. Madigan, SJ
Part VI Interreligious Educational Design
	35 Three Approaches to Teaching Religious Diversity Toward Critical Interreligious/Interfaith  Pedagogy Marianne Moyaert
	36 Mentored Undergraduate Research A Signature Pedagogy for Interreligious Studies Amy L. Allocco and Brian K. Pennington
	37 Kenya’s “Triple Heritage” Context Implications for Interreligious Studies Esther Mombo and Florence Iminza
	38 Teaching Things Critical Objects and Creative Students in the Interreligious Studies Classroom S. Brent Plate
	39 (Inter)Religious Ritual Participation in a Classroom Setting Insights from Comparative Theology Hans A. Harmakaputra
	40 Simulation-Based Pedagogy for Interreligious Literacy Critical Thinking Exercises for Teens and Young Adults Celene Marie Ibrahim
	41 Toward Leadership, Listening, and Literacy Making the “Case” for Interreligious Studies Elinor J. Pierce
	42 Spiritual Psychotherapy Practice Class Making the Shift from Ecumenical to Interreligious Pamela Couture
	43 Contemplative Caregiving and a DeathFest An Interdisciplinary, Interreligious Experiment Wakoh Shannon Hickey and Hannah Murphy Buc
	44 Training for Leadership in Multifaith Contexts Conflict Transformation Rachel S. Mikva
	45 Chaplain Formation and Interreligious Studies A Muslim Chaplaincy Educator’s Perspective on the Interconnection Bilal W. Ansari
	46 On Learning to Build an Organization Interreligious/Interfaith Studies and Civic Renewal Eboo Patel
Part VII Trajectories
	47 Foundational Contributions and Next Steps The Development of Interreligious/Interfaith Studies Jennifer Howe Peace
	48 Critical Interreligious Interdisciplinary Theological Reflection Methodological and Hermeneutical Considerations for Interreligious Studies Rita D. Sherma
	49 Integrating Speaking About with Speaking With Toward a Comparative Theology of Religious Diversity John J. Thatamanil
	50 A Contrapuntal Discipline Through the Landscape of “Inter-” and “Religious” Timur R. Yuskaev
Abbreviations
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