Interreligious Reading After Vatican II brings together for the first time leading scholars from within and outside the Catholic tradition to discuss and undertake interreligious reading in the light of Vatican II.

Introduction – Interreligious Reading After Vatican II: Scriptural Reasoning, Comparative Theology and Receptive Ecumenism (David F. Ford) 1. Opening up a Dialogue: Dei Verbum and the Religions (Michael Barnes, SJ) 2. Deep Reasonings: Sources Chretiennes, Ressourcement, and the Logic of Scripture in the years before – and after – Vatican II (Kevin L. Hughes) 3.  Catholic Reasoning and Reading Across Traditions (David Dault) 4. An Analogical Reading of Christian Prophecy: The Case of Muhammad (Anna Bonta Moreland) 5. Families of Receptive Theological Learning: Scriptural Reasoning, Comparative Theology, and Receptive Ecumenism (Paul D. Murray) 6. Scriptural Reasoning and the Legacy of Vatican II: Their Mutual Engagement and Significance (David F. Ford) 7. Scriptural Reasoning and the Discipline of Christian Doctrine (Mike Higton) 8. Interreligious Reading in the Context of Dialogue: When Interreligious Reading “Fails” (Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier) 9. Long-Term Disagreement: Philosophical Models in Scriptural Reasoning and Receptive Ecumenism (Nicholas Adams) 10. In the Balance: Interior and Shared Acts of Reading (Francis X. Clooney, SJ) 11. A Good Word is a Good Tree: A Muslim Response to the Interfaith Challenges of Vatican II (Maria Massi Dakake) 12. Re-socializing Scholars of Religious, Theological, and Theo-Philosophical Inquiry (Peter Ochs) Index Notes on contributors

Fifty years after the Second Vatican Council, controversy continues to surround this seminal event in Catholic Church history. Debates about Vatican II’s legacy are intensifying whilst the challenges raised by our increasingly complex multi-religious, multi-secular society are becoming ever more pressing. In Interreligious Reading After Vatican II scholars from within and outside the Catholic tradition discuss and perform interreligious reading in the light of the Council. The volume focuses on two forms of study across faith traditions – Comparative Theology and Scriptural Reasoning. Contributors also consider the relationship between interreligious engagement and Receptive Ecumenism within the Church. The volume concludes with critically reflective responses from leading Catholic, Muslim and Jewish thinkers. Thought-provoking and timely, Interreligious Reading After Vatican II offers rich insights into the theory and practice of interreligious encounters,  and the continuing ramifications of the Second Vatican Council for such encounters today. 

"Based in both theory and a wealth of practical experience, this collection of essays is valuable to scholars and veterans of interreligious reading, especially those who might be looking to learn more about the specific disciplines of Comparative Theology, Scriptural Reasoning and Receptive Ecumenism.”  (Touchstone, 1 June 2014)