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Leo D. Lefebure
Leo D. Lefebure teaches theology at Georgetown University and is the author of True and Holy: Christian Scripture and Other Religions (Orbis Books).
Will the real fundamentalists please stand up?
What counts as fundamentalism? David Harrington Watt and Sathianathan Clarke give contrasting answers.
May 28, 2018
The Fear of Islam, by Todd H. Green
Todd Green addresses the challenge of Islamophobia in North America and Europe—and critiques the distortions that often appear in the media.
December 20, 2015
The Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur’an, by Anton Wessels
Anton Wessels emphasizes points of convergence among the Abrahamic religions, even assimilating their scriptural perspectives into a single story. It's an audacious wager, and not without dangers.
July 23, 2014
Wisdom become flesh, spirit roars, life transformed
God's all-encompassing love enters the world in the
person of Jesus Christ, through the power of the Spirit.
December 23, 2011
God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World—and Why Their Differences Matter
The tradition known as the perennial philosophy has long argued that all of th...
May 31, 2010
The world comes to Qatar: Interfaith conversations in an Arab land
A few decades ago Qatar was a tribal society with an economy based largely on fishing, pearl harvesting and camel and horse breeding. In 1995 a bloodless coup set the stage for the modernization of the country’s oil and gas industries. Qatar’s economy grew 24 percent in 2006 alone, and its per capita income that year was $61,540. Today Qatar is on track to become the wealthiest nation (on a per capita basis) in the world.
July 15, 2008
Teaching moments: Cultural critic
For a generation of students at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, Langdon Gilkey reflected with wisdom and grace on contemporary events in light of Christian faith, and he reflected...
February 22, 2005
Buddhism, by Donald W. Mitchell
Newcomers to the Buddhist tradition are often bewildered by the sheer variety of often contradictory perspectives and approaches....
December 3, 2002
Religion and Violence, by Hent de Vries
This thoughtful, well-researched book seeks to develop and apply a distinctive philosophical approach to reflection on religion--an approach that goes beyond the traditional methods of confess...
November 5, 2002
Jesus: The only way?
Introducing Theologies of Religions. By Paul F. Knitter. Orbis, 256 pp., $25.00 paperback....
October 9, 2002
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The Jesus Sutras, by Martin Palmer
The Jesus Sutras:Rediscovering the Lost Scrolls of Taoist Christianity. By Maertin Palmer. Ballantine, 304 pp., $24.95....
February 26, 2002
Classroom encounters: Interreligious impact
Many of the most moving experiences I have had with students in class have involved encounters with members of other religious traditions....
February 13, 2002
Zen Gifts to Christians, by Robert E. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy is an American Jesuit priest who immersed himself in the practice of Zen Buddhism during his years in Japan; after returning to the U.S., he did further Zen practice and was commissi...
January 15, 2002
Breaking the cycle
I See Satan Fall Like Lightening. By René Girard. Translated by James G. Williams. Orbis, 199 pp., $20.00 paperback....
December 11, 2001
The power of one God
One True God: Historical Consequences of Monotheism. By Rodney Stark. Princeton University, 338 pp., $24.95....
November 20, 2001