Theological Issues

The Bible and People of Other Faiths

S. Wesley Ariarajah
WCC Publications, 1985
Encourages reading and understanding the Bible not as a dividing wall between religious communities but as an illumination on how to live with people of other faiths.

Transforming Christianity and the World: A Way Beyond Absolutism and Relativism

John B. Cobb and Paul F Knitter
Orbis, 1999
Every religion has a vision of transformation and that is a source through which all may work together.

A New Meeting of the Religions: Interreligious Relationships and Theological Questioning

E. Luther Copeland
Baylor University Press, 1999
A look at the implications for mission.

Christian Uniqueness Reconsidered: the Myth of a Pluralistic Theology of Religions

Gavin D'Costa
Orbis, 1990
Participates in the debate of what constitutes a viable Christian theology of religions.

Religions and the Trinity

Gavin D'Costa and Paul F. Knitter, editors
Paragon House, 2000
Outlines a vision of religious pluralism based on a Trinitarian framework.

Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism

Jacques Dupuis
Orbis Books, 1997
The question has shifted from whether "salvation" occurs for members of other religious traditions to how in God's plan salvation occurs for members of other religious traditions.

Faith Among Faiths: Christian Theology and Non-Christian Religions

James L. Fredericks
Paulist, 1999
The book provides an exploration of what it means to be a follower of Jesus in today's world.

Honoring Our Neighbor's Faith

Augsburg
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Religious groups tell their stories of who they are, what they believe, and how they practice.

A Muslim and a Christian in Dialogue

D. Badru Kateregga and W. David Shenk
Herald Press, 1997
Suggests the approach of an authentic dialogue between friends.

Christians and World Religions: Paths to Dialogue with Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism

Hans Kung, et al.
Orbis Books, 1993
Theologians provide new ways to surmount barriers of distrust and fear among adherents of the world's major religions.

For All People: Global Theologies in Contexts

Else Marie Wiberg Pedersen, Holger Lam, and Peter Lodberg, editors
Eerdmans, 2002
About the challenges that Christian theology and religion in general face in today's world. Attempts to help build bridges between different cultures, being sensitive to particularity and challenges, and in working for a united humanity.

The Shaking of the Foundations

Paul Tillich
Peter Smith, 1990
Especially see "You Are Accepted."

God Does Not Foreclose: The Universal Promise of Salvation

David Lowes Watson
Abingdon, 1990
Among other topics, he relates the concepts to evangelization of the world.