Michael Louis Fitzgerald

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 Christianitythe Bible and the church’s attitude toward other faithsVatican II, Asian Christianity, and interfaith dialoguethe what, why, when, and how of dialoguethe global ecumenical movementtheologies of religious pluralismcross-textual hermeneuticscomparative theologyinterfaith worshipreligious syncretismmultiple religious belonginginterfaith learning in seminaries.

Christians and Muslims both have an abundance of names for God. The Bible provides Christians with a rich array of names for God, and the ninety-nine Names that Islam gives traditionally to God are drawn from the Qur’an. Praise the Name of the Lord is an offering of texts, from the Qur’an and Bible, meant to lead to meditation and prayer. To pray starting from the texts of another religion can help us to acquire a better appreciation of that religion. It is possible that we will find different echoes that can capture our attention and may nourish our prayer, encouraging dialogue with the persons among whom we are living.