A Place on Earth

With the relations between the religions assuming an increasingly high profile in the modern world, the so-called inter-religious dialogue has taken on commensurate urgency. After many decades of congresses, seminars, inter-faith encounters and contacts, both positive and negative between the faiths, the dialogue appears to have stalled in an ethical cul-de-sac as the different religions reach the limits of what is theologically negotiable. That brings into question the very concept of 'dialogue' and its potential as a means of achieving the much-sought 'peace among the religions' in a world riven by religious conflict. This monograph, a reworking of Dr. Suchard s doctoral dissertation, examines the question of what has led to the current stagnation, especially with regard to the Abrahamic monotheisms, and considers whether it is possible to bring a theological component back to the dialogue.

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Derek Suchard (Toronto, 1955) earned his M.A. in the Social- Cultural Study of Religion from the University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) and his doctorate in Systematic Theology from Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands) after a career that included a stint in the Canadian Armed Forces and a long career in journalism.