READING ASSIGNMENTS
Session One: September 15 – Why Dialogue? Why Me?
Heidi Hadsell – Introduction to Interfaith Dialogue
Ingrid Mattson – The ground rules of Interfaith Dialogue
David Roozen – The practice of appreciative engagement
< Reading:
Not Without My Neighbor, Chapters 1 & 2 (Purchase)
Ground Rules for Interfaith Dialogue (Online)
Chapters 1, 2 & 5 in Jane Smith’s, Muslims, Christians and the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue (Online)
Session Two: September 22 – Religious Typologies and Theologies
David Roozen – Theologies of Other Religions
< Reading: (5 together as one document)
Other Religions Are False Paths That Mislead Their Followers, Ajith Fernando
Other Religions Are Implicit forms of our Own Religion, Karl Rahner
Other Religions Are Equally Valid Ways to the Same Truth, John Hick
Other Religions Speak of Different but Equally Valid Truths, John b. Cobb Jr
Is the Pluralist Model a Western Imposition? Paul F. Knitter
Islam and Pluralism, Ashgar Ali Engineer
Session Three: September 29 – Worship and Dialogue
Heidi Hadsell Convener: Guest Faculty: James Nieman
Reading:
Mapping the Field of Ritual, Ronald L Grimes (Online)
Not Without My Neighbor, Chapters 3 & 7
Guidelines for the Sept 29 "Making Sense of a diversity ..." reflection paper
Session Four: October 6 – Scripture and Dialogue
Ingrid Mattson Convener: Guest Faculty: Uriah Kim
Reading:
Genesis 37-50; Surah XII (Surat Yusuf) of the Qur’an
Entire issue (only 35 pages long) of The Student Journal of Scriptural
Reasoning (Vol. 1, No. 1, October 2006): Online at -- http://etext.virginia.edu/journals/abraham/sjsr/issues/volume1/number1/index.html
A book review by Uriah Kim: http://www.case.edu/artsci/rosenthal/reviews/Bible2.htm
A book chapter: Ingrid Mattson, "What God Really Means: Interpreting the Qur'an," from The Story of the Qur'an: its History and Place in Muslim Life" (Blackwell-Wiley, 2008).
Session Five: October 13 – Communitarian and Universalist Ethics. Heidi Hadsell
Reading:
Michael Walzer, Thick and Thin: Moral Argument at Home and Abroad: Chapters 1 and 5
Session Six: October 20 – Theology, David Roozen Convener
6:00 – 7:00 Prelude with Kelton Cobb
Reading: To Be Announced
7:00 – 9:00 An Evening with New Macdonald Center Faculty -- two lectures
1) Yahya Michot: An Islamic “theology”? Why?
2) Mahmoud Ayoub: Towards a Framework for Interfaith Dialogue:
Globalism or Pluralism
Session Seven: October 27 – Congregational and Personal Strategies for Approaching
Interfaith Relations. David Roozen
Reading:
Chapters 1, 8 & 10 in Robert Wuthnow’s, America and the Challenges of Religious
Diversity: (Online) readings 1, 2, 3, & 4
1. A Special People in a Diverse World
8. How Congregations Manage Diversity
10. How Pluralistic Should We Be?
Session Eight: November 3 – Personal and Pastoral Issues in Interfaith Encounter
Ingrid Mattson Convener
Reading: To Be Announced
Session Nine: November 10 – Dialogue and Peacekeeping
Heidi Hadsell Convener; Guest Faculty: Yehezhel Landau
Reading: To Be Announced
Not Without My Neighbor, Chapters 5
Session Ten: November 13 – Reports From the Front Lines
Ingrid Mattson: “A Common Word” Reflections on a Major Contemporary Dialogue
Initiative.
David Roozen: Debriefing of Worship Experiences
Heidi Hadsell: Dialogue and Learning at Hartford Seminary
Reflection on your worship observation guidelines
Reading: As many documents as possible from: http://acommonword.com
