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Volume 52, Number 4, Fall 2017
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
Lillian Sigal
Ardmore, PA
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 of Dialogue Institute; Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
ASSOCIATE EDITORS EMERITI/A
Gregory Baum
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
Michael Wyschogrod
Volume 52, Number 3, Summer 2017
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
Lillian Sigal
Ardmore, PA
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 of Dialogue Institute; Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
ASSOCIATE EDITORS EMERITI/A
Gregory Baum
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
Michael Wyschogrod
Volume 52, Number 2, Spring 2017
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
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
Co-Vice Chairperson
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
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
Ann Schroeder, GlobalSource Partners, Inc., New York City
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.
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
Michael Wyschogrod
Volume 52, Number 1, Winter 2017
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
Volume 51, Number 4, Fall 2016
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, The Richard Stockton, College of New Jersey
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, Union Theological Seminary, New York City
Marcia Sachs Littell, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
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
Volume 51, Number 3, Summer 2016
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, The Richard Stockton, College of New Jersey
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, Union Theological Seminary, New York City
Marcia Sachs Littell, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
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
Volume 51, Number 2, Spring 2016
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, The Richard Stockton, College of New Jersey
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, Union Theological Seminary, New York City
Marcia Sachs Littell, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
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
Uli Kortsch, Radnor, 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
Volume 51, Number 1, Winter 2016
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
Marcus Braybrooke, World Congress of Faiths
Thomas Bremer, Catholic Theological Faculty, University of Münster
Demetrios J. Constantelos, The Richard Stockton, College of New Jersey
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, Union Theological Seminary, New York City
Marcia Sachs Littell, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
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
Uli Kortsch, Radnor, 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
Volume 50, Number 4, Fall 2015
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
Marcus Braybrooke, World Congress of Faiths
Thomas Bremer, Catholic Theological Faculty, University of Münster
Demetrios J. Constantelos, The Richard Stockton, College of New Jersey
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, Union Theological Seminary, New York City
Marcia Sachs Littell, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
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
Uli Kortsch, Radnor, 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
Volume 50, Number 3, Summer 2015
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
Marcus Braybrooke, World Congress of Faiths
Thomas Bremer, Catholic Theological Faculty, University of Münster
Demetrios J. Constantelos, The Richard Stockton, College of New Jersey
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, Union Theological Seminary, New York City
Marcia Sachs Littell, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
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
Uli Kortsch, Radnor, 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
Volume 50, Number 1, Winter 2015
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
LILLIAN SIGAL
Ardmore, PA
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
MELIANI MURTININGSIH
Temple University
DIRECTOR, DIALOGUE INSTITUTE
REBECCA KRATZ MAYS
Temple University
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, D.I.
TIMOTHY EMMETT-RARDIN
Temple University
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
MARCUS BRAYBROOKE, World Congress of Faiths
THOMAS BREMER, Catholic Theological Faculty, University of Münster
DEMETRIOS J. CONSTANTELOS, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
PAUL A. CROW, JR., Indianapolis, IN
MELANIE A. DUGUID-MAY, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
EUGENE J. FISHER, Lecanto, FL
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, Union Theological Seminary, New York City
MARCIA SACHS LITTELL, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
MUTOMBO NKULU-N’SENGHA, California State University, Northridge
SULAYMAN 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, Washington, DC
ASSOCIATE EDITORS EMERITI/A
GREGORY BAUM
JOHN B. COBB, JR.
ALICE L. ECKARDT
IRVING GREENBERG
GEORGE LINDBECK
HANS KÜNG
JOHN MBITI
KANA MITRA
KENAN OSBORNE
GERARD SLOYAN
DONALD SWEARER
CHARLES WEST
MICHAEL WYSCHOGROD
