
Issue 4, Part I
Inter-Religious Studies continues to grow as a field, both within academe and in the non-profit and social sectors. The result has been an outgrowth of organizations that devote significant attention to the challenges and opportunities that globalization has enabled, by way of increased interactions between religious traditions.
This special issue, distributed in two parts, will include the work of both individual authors and major organizations, notably UNESCO, Herzen Pedagogical University in Russia, and the National Association of College and University Chaplains. The emphasis on institutional involvement within this issue is not merely intended to reflect the emerging trend of inter-religious engagement but also encourage it anew.
The Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue™ is a forum for academic, social, and timely issues affecting religious communities around the world. It is designed to increase the quality and frequency of interchanges between religious groups and their leaders. The Journal seeks to build an inter-religious community of scholars, in which people of different traditions learn from one another and work together for the common good.