The Uniqueness of Jesus: A Dialogue with Paul F. Knitter

by Paul F. Knitter, Leonard J. Swidler (Editor), Paul Mojzes (editor)

Used.Good Condition.Softcover.By Leonard Swidler and Paul Mojzes Editors.orbis Books/NY.189 Pages.Highliting.

189 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1997

About the author

Paul F. Knitter is the Paul Tillich Professor Emeritus of Theology, World Religions and Culture at the Union Theological Seminary in New York and a leading theologian of religious pluralism. He is professor emeritus of Theology at Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, where he taught for 28 years before moving to Union. His research and publications primarily address religious pluralism and interreligious dialogue, including No Other Name? A Critical Survey of Christian Attitudes toward World Religions (1985), One Earth Many Religions: Multifaith Dialogue and Global Responsibility (1995), Jesus and the Other Names: Christian Mission and Global Responsibility (1996), Introducing Theologies of Religions (2002), and Without Buddha I Could Not Be A Christian (2009). He serves on the board of the International, Interreligious Peace Council. Knitter holds a licentiate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and a doctorate from the University of Marburg, Germany.

Reviews

[Drick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Paul Knitter invites about 20 Christian theological thinkers to respond to his attempt to articulate how Christians can affirm the distinctiveness of Jesus while engaging in interfaith dialogue. To his credit Knitter has invited theologians from across the globe and the theological spectrum and got a wide ranger of responses, which he then responds to in a lengthy final chapter, Altogether this is a thoughtful book. The one downer was the epilogue by Leonard Swidler one of the editors who offers his response to Knitter's final chapter. If he wanted to insert his ideas he should have been on of the respondents and not used the epilogue to get the literally "the last word." I thought that was uncalled for.

However all in all this is a thoughtful book for dedicated followers of Christ who want to explore how they can be fully "Christian" while engging in interfaith dialogue. One won't come away with all the answers ( at least I didn't) but one will know the questions to ask