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    Virtue in Dialogue: Belief, Religious Diversity, and Women’s Interreligious Encounter
    Virtue in Dialogue: Belief, Religious Diversity, and Women’s Interreligious Encounter
    Virtue in Dialogue: Belief, Religious Diversity, and Women’s Interreligious Encounter
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    Virtue in Dialogue: Belief, Religious Diversity, and Women’s Interreligious Encounter

    By Mara Brecht and Terrence W. Tilley

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    Religious diversity is a persistent theological predicament for Christian thinkers. Historically, theologians have wrestled with the relationship between believing Christians and religious others. The clash between the Christian doctrine of salvation and non-Christian belief systems often comes down to the question, can non-Christians be "saved"? In a pluralist world, a second question arises: can believers of divergent traditions reconcile their theological differences? Is the logical answer that one believer abandon her faith convictions and promote a relativistic mindset?

    This book draws upon original research, documenting conversations by women in an interreligious dialogue group, to show that when believers converse in honesty, empathy, and patience--in short, when engaged in virtuous dialogue--they can bridge the gap left by theory. When believers from different faiths come together in open conversation, it need not lead to relativism but, instead, can lead to strengthened belief. Sharing convictions with people who believe differently, sincere believers find they often come to hold their own core beliefs with newfound strength.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPickwick Publications
    Release dateMar 5, 2014
    ISBN9781630873653
    Virtue in Dialogue: Belief, Religious Diversity, and Women’s Interreligious Encounter
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    Mara Brecht

    Mara Brecht is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at St. Norbert College in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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