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God Is Inter-religious: Honouring the Legacy of Ovey Mohammed, SJ
- Toronto Journal of Theology
- University of Toronto Press
- Volume 38, Issue 1, March 2022
- pp. 101-112
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Abstract:
Professor Ovey Mohammed, S.J. (1933–2020) devoted his entire career to inter-religious education, dialogue, and comparative theology. In a context where Christianity must reckon with religious pluralism in a new way relative to previous decades, “Ovey” was a pioneer ever nudging the Catholic Church beyond the watershed of Vatican II in his own teaching and research. This article reviews his encounters with Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism from a distinctively Ignatian perspective that comes from his own Jesuit formation. It concludes with some comments about how Christians might interpret a theology of a religious pluralism in light of this context.