Issue 8

In this issue of the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue, we hear from authors with a variety of backgrounds and areas of expertise seeking to give us a vision into the role of Religion and Revolution.

Melissa Heller’s article offers a description of an effective course structure for creating Jewish-Christian dialogue by fostering intense study-partner relationships.

Eric Hoenes’s work describes the use of Liberation Theology eschatology by rural Guatemalan Maya.

Brandon Withrow contextualizes Mary Astell, a mid-seventeenth to early-eighteenth century English religious writer who has often been described as a feminist, as a case study in the importance of attention to context for religious messages of social change.

Brendan Ozawa-de Silva juxtaposes a seminal Zen Buddhist philosopher and one of the most celebrated Christian theologians of all time in an unexpected and illuminating discussion of what makes for “Prophetic Courage.”

Overturning long-held assumptions about the limitations of the pluralist hypothesis, Aimee Upjohn Light pioneers the way for a new approach to resolving the seeming contradictions within pluralism with lessons from liberation theology. Finally, in a special model of dialogue, State of Formation scholar Lawrence A. Whitney responds to Light’s article with care and new perspective.