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 53, Number 1, Winter 2018Editorial Board
CO-FOUNDERS
Arlene 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
Erik Ranstrom
Rosemont College
DIRECTOR, DIALOGUE INSTITUTE
Howard A. Cohen
Temple University
EDUCATION 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
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
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
Tom Papademetriou, Stockton University
John Pawlikowski, Catholic Theological Union
André Ritter, European Institute for Intercultural and Interreligious Research
Alfons H. Teipen, Furman University
John J. Thatamanil, Union Theological Seminary
Lucian Turcescu, Concordia University, Montreal
J. Robert Wright, General Theological Seminary
Barbara Brown Zikmund, Chelsea, MI
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chairperson
Majid Alsayegh, Douglassville, PA
Vice Chairperson
Theodore Friend, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA
Secretary
Gity Etemad, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Treasurer
Ann Schroeder, GlobalSource Partners, Inc., New York City
Fahad A. Alhomoudi, Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Howard A. Cohen, Philadelphia, PA[on leave of absence]
William Cullinan, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
John L. Esposito, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Harry R. Halloran, Villanova, PA
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, Dialogue Institute; Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
ASSOCIATE EDITORS EMERITI/A
John B. Cobb, Jr.
Paul A. Crow, Jr.
Alice L. Eckhardt
Irving Greenberg
George Lindbeck
Bokin Kim
Hans Küng
John Mbiti
Kana Mitra
Kenan Osborne
Gerard Sloyan
Donald Swearer
Charles West