Preface

        by Paul Mojzes and Leonard Swidler............................... 1

Introduction: How Interreligious Dialogue Can Contribute to a Brighter Future for Macedonia
        by Paul Mojzes............................................................ 3
Greetings
        by President Boris Trajkovski........................................ 7

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

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 

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 

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 

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