* Explores Aquinas' continuing relevance to contemporary theology. * Looks at how Aquinas illuminates dialogue both among Christians and between Christians and non--Christians today. * Written by both scholars of Aquinas and those who are actively involved in ecumenical and inter--religious dialogue.

1. Aquinas, Merit and Reformation Theology After the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification: Michael Root (Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary). 2. Ex Occidente Lux? Aquinas and Eastern Orthodox Theology: Bruce D. Marshall (Southern Methodist University). 3. Thomas Aquinas and Judaism: Henk J. M. Schoot (Catholic Theological University of Utrecht ) and Pim Valkenberg (Catholic University of Nijmegen). 4. Thomas Aquinas and Islam: David B. Burrell, CSC (University of Notre Dame). 5. Aquinas Meets the Buddhists: Prolegomenon to an Authentically Thomas-ist Basis for Dialogue: Paul Williams (University of Bristol). 6. Aquinas and Analytical Philosophy: Natural Allies?: Fergus Kerr, OP (Blackfriars). 7. On Denying the Right God: Aquinas on Atheism and Idolatry: Denys Turner (University of Cambridge). 8. Shouting in the Land of the Hard of Hearing: Ob Being a Hillbilly Thomist: Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt (Loyola College).

Aquinas in Dialogue explores Aquinas’ relevance to contemporary theology. The volume comprises a series of essays written by both scholars of Aquinas and by those who are actively involved in ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue. These essays demonstrate how Aquinas continues to illuminate dialogue among Christians and between Christians and non-Christians. They cover a wide range of subjects from Aquinas and Eastern Orthodoxy to Aquinas and atheism, and help us to think rigorously about what is required to speak truthfully to people with different beliefs.

"Jim Fodor and Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt have assembled a series of well-crafted and tightly reasoned essays . . . (they) have done us a great service by reminding us, once again, of Thomas Aquinas's enduring relevance to the religious conversation." The Thomist "Aquinas in Dialogue brings together some of the most eminent of modern theological exponents of Aquinas's thought to show how Aquinas engages with traditions other than his own: Lutheranism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, analytic philosophy, and atheism." Church Times