Journal of Ecumenical Studies
Contents of Volume 39 (2002)
Volume 39, Numbers 1-2 (Winter-Spring, 2002)
Interreligious Dialogue toward Reconciliation In Macedonia and Bosnia
Table of Contents
Preface
by Paul Mojzes and Leonard Swidler 1
Part One
Confidence-Building Between The Churches and Religious Communities In Macedonia Through Dialogue
Introduction: How Interreligious Dialogue Can Contribute to A Brighter Future For Macedonia
by Paul Mojzes 3
Greetings
by President Boris Trajkovski 7
Section 1
Jewish-Christian-Muslim International Trialogue
Living With The “Other”
by Miroslav Volf 8
Da‘Wah Or Dialogue?
by Asghar Ali Engineer 26
The Religious Contribution to Developing Shared Values and Peace
by Mehmet S. Aydin 32
A Response to Mehmet Aydin
by Lewis John Eron 39
Religious and Civic Nationalism: A Response to Mehmet Aydin
by David Little 42
Argue, For God’s Sake—Or, A Jewish Argument For Argument
by Reuven Firestone 47
A Muslim Contribution to Confidence-Building
by Aslam Syed 58
The Church and The Religious Communities Following The War Conflict and Unrest
by Ratomir Grozdanoski 62
Section 2
Macedonian Dialogue On Confidence-Building
A Dialogue For Trust: Presentation of The Macedonian Orthodox Church
by Jovan Takovski 64
Islamic Humanism: A Foundation For Interreligious Dialogue
by Ismail Bardhi 66
Dialogue Based On The Foundations That Connect Us:
A Contribution toward Strengthening Relations Among The Churches and Religious Communities In Macedonia
by Kiro Stojanov 73
Building Trust Among The Churches and Religious Communities In Macedonia Through Dialogue
by Mihail Cekov 76
Section 3
Further Contributions to Dialogue
Common Elements of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
by Paul Mojzes and Leonard Swidler 80
The Role of Religious Leaders In Times of Conflict In Multinational and Multireligious Societies: A Contribution toward Interreligious Dialogue In Macedonia
by Paul Mojzes 82
Religion: The Missing Element In Dialogue
by Alan Race 87
Patience As A Precondition For Peace and tolerance
by Aco Aleksandar Girevski 96
Nurturing A Culture of Dialogue: A Journey From Violence to Cooperation
by Prince El Hassan Bin Talal of Jordan 100
A Dialogue Experience of A Japanese Catholic
by Filo Hirota 103
Recent Patriarchal Encyclicals On Religious tolerance and Peaceful Coexistence
by George Papademetriou 105
Whence and Whither Islam?
by Leonard Swidler 110
Press Release 112
Part Two
Contributions by Religious Communities to Reconciliation In Bosnia
Foreword
by Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven 113
Religiously Inspired Reconciliation In Bosnia and Herzegovina: Introductory Remarks
by Paul Mojzes 115
The Theological and Spiritual Aspects of Reconciliation In An Orthodox Key
by Vladimir Zelinsky 119
Toward A Theology and Praxis of Reconciliation
by R. Scott Appleby 132
Reconciliation In Islamic Theology
by Mahmut Aydin 141
Fractured Land, Healing Nations: Religious Barriers and Contributions toward Reconciliation In Post-War Bosnia and Herzegovina
by Stephen R. Goodwin 151
Reconciliation In Bosnia and The Phenomenology of A Little People:The Serbs, Europe, and The Liberation of Our Reconciled Future Liberty
by Damjan De Krnjevi-Miškovi 165
Reconciliation In Bosnia-Herzegovina In The Perspective of Its Catholic Inhabitants
by Mato Zovki 181
But, There Is No Other Way: Reconciliation Among Muslims, Serbian Orthodox, and Catholics –An Islamic View
by Adnan Silajdi 186
Work At The Jajce Youth Center: Concrete Civilian Peace Service
by Viola Pugell 193
A Second Glance At Working For Reconciliation: Pax Christi’s Work In Banja Luka and Zenica
by Ajša Babai, Goran Bulaji, and Stephanie Van De Loo 199
The Center For Religious Dialogue: Activities and Future Steps Regarding The Dialogue Between Different Religious Communities In Bosnia and Herzegovina
by Vjekoslav Šaje 210
Authors In This Collection 213
Volume 39, Numbers 3-4 (Summer-Fall, 2002)
Table of Contents
Articles:
Judaisms and Incarnational Theologies: Mapping Out The Parameters of Dialogue
by Alon Goshen-Gottstein 219
Communion Terminology In The Lutheran-Roman Catholic International Dialogue In Light of The Koinonia Language of The Canberra Statement
by Lorelei F. Fuchs 248
Fides Et Ratio and The Future of Comparative Theology
by Thomas A. Forsthoefel 276
"God's Grace Effects What He Declares": Scriptural Support For The Agreement On Justification In The Joint Declaration On The Doctrine of Justification and Salvation and The Church
by Scott A. Celsor 289
The Integrated Spirituality of The Bhagavad Gita—An Insight For Christians: A Contribution to The Hindu-Christian Dialogue
by Sebastian Painadath 305
toward The Other: Christianity and Buddhism On Desire
by Thomas E. Reynolds 325
Beginning Without End: Christianity In Franz Rosenzweig's Star of Redemption
by Jeremy Worthen 340
Explorations and Responses:
The Idea of Reception and The Family In Ecumenical Dialogue
by Ji-Il Tark 363
Church Unity and The Necessity of Nonviolence
by Craig M. Watts 368
Catholicism and Science: Renewing The Conversation
by James L. Heft 376
Book Reviews 381
Books Received 385
Ecumenical Events:
Establishment of The Institute For Interreligious and Intercultural Research and Dialogue
Tr. George C. Papademetriou 399
Symposium: A Theology of Local Interfaith and Ecumenical Relations
by A. David Bos 400
Boston Conference Report On The Power of Bishops
by Ronald T. Englund 401
Ecumenical Resources 404
