World Christianity Encounters World Religions: A Summa of Interfaith Dialogue

Synthesizing the thinking of the most prominent scholars, Professor Edmund Chia discusses practically everything that should be known about Christianity's encounter with other religions in this comprehensive book. Topics include:

• the invention of the idea of World Religions and World Christianity
• the Bible and the church's attitude toward other faiths
• Vatican II, Asian Christianity, and interfaith dialogue
• the what, why, when, and how of dialogue
• the global ecumenical movement
• theologies o...