Encountering the Stranger: A Jewish-Christian-Muslim Trialogue
- ISBN-10
- 0295804394
- ISBN-13
- 9780295804392
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-01-03
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Authors
- John K. Roth, Leonard Grob
Description
In an age when "collisions of faith" among the Abrahamic traditions continue to produce strife and violence that threatens the well-being of individuals and communities worldwide, the contributors to Encountering the Stranger--six Jewish, six Christian, and six Muslim scholars--takes responsibility to examine their traditions' understandings of the stranger, the "other," and to identify ways that can bridge divisions and create greater harmony.
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