In this Issue
The Journal of Ecumenical Studies (JES), founded 1964 as the first peer-reviewed journal in the field of interreligious dialogue, emerged from the ecumenical spirit of Vatican II. Initially emphasizing dialogue among diverse Christian traditions, the journal's focus quickly broadened to Christian-Jewish dialogue and interchange among various religious traditions. Today, JES continues as the premier publisher of scholarly articles on dialogue across lines of religious difference.
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Volume 52, Number 1, Winter 2017Editorial Board
CO-FOUNDERS
Anderson Swidler
Leonard Swidler
EDITOR
Leonard Swidler
Temple University
CO-EDITOR
Paul Mojzes
Rosemont College
MANAGING EDITOR
Nancy E. Krody
Temple University
RESOURCES EDITOR
Joseph A. Loya
Villanova University
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
Lillian Sigal
Ardmore, PA
DIRECTOR, DIALOGUE INSTITUTE
Rebecca Kratz Mays
Temple University
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, DIALOGUE INSTITUTE
Timothy Emmett-Rardin
Temple University
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Alan L. Berger, Florida Atlantic University
Marcus Braybrooke, World Congress of Faiths
Thomas Bremer, Catholic Theological Faculty, University of Münster
Demetrios J. Constantelos, Stockton University
Paul A. Crow, Jr., Indianapolis, IN
Melanie A. Duguid-May, Colgate Rochester, Crozer Divinity School
Eugene J. Fisher, Saint Leo University
Lorelei Fuchs, The Interchurch Center, New York City
Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Ingeborg Gabriel, University of Vienna
Bokin Kim, Won Institute of Graduate Studies
Sanaullah Kirmani, George Washington University and Goucher College
Paul Knitter, Madison, WI
Marcia Sachs Littell, Stockton University
Mutombo Nkulu-N’Sengha, California State University, Northridge
Sulamayan S. Nyang, Howard University
Irfan A. Omar, Marquette University
John Pawlikowski, Catholic Theological Union
André Ritter, European Institute for Intercultural and Interreligious Research
Alfons H. Teipen, Furman University
Lucian Turcescu, Concordia University, Montreal
J. Robert Wright, General Theological Seminary
Barbara Brown Zikmund, Chelsea, MI
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chairperson
Majid Alsayegh, Douglassville, PA
Co-Vice Chairpersons
Ellen Frankel, Philadelphia, PA
Theodore Friend, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA
Secretary
Gity Etemad, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Treasurer
Howard A. Cohen, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Fahad A. Alhomoudi, Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Peter A. Baktis, W. Windsor, NJ
William Cullinan, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Lorelei F. Fuchs, Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement, Graymoor, NY (NAAE Representative)
Ingeborg Gabriel, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Harry R. Halloran, Villanova, PA
Sherri Hausser, Fairfax, CA
Amid Ismail, Dean, Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Sergio Mazza, Sedona, AZ
Edward Newman, National Accreditation Council on Services to People with Disabilities, Elkins Park, PA
Alwi Shihab, Indonesian President’s Envoy to the Middle East, Jakarta, Indonesia
Leonard Swidler, Editor, J.E.S., and President of Dialogue Institute; Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
ASSOCIATE EDITORS EMERITI/A
Gregory Baum
John B. Cobb, Jr.
Alice L. Eckhardt
Irving Greenberg
George Lindbeck
Hans Küng
John Mbiti
Kana Mitra
Kenan Osborne
Gerard Sloyan
Donald Swearer
Charles West
Michael Wyschogrod