Encountering the Stranger: A Jewish-Christian-Muslim Trialogue

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295992026
• ISBN13: 9780295992020
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher