VOLUME XIII, Number 2
July – December 2023

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SPECIAL SECTION COMMEMORATING THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF SWAMI ABHISHIKTANANDA (HENRI LE SAUX) ON DECEMBER 7, 1973

Bettina Sharada Bäumer,The Presence of Abhishiktananda

Swami Atmananda Udasin, Revisiting the Spiritual Legacy of Swami Abhishiktananda: The Radical Turning Point of his Awakening

Maxim Demchenko, Swami Abhishiktananda’s Life in the Light of Sannyasa Upanishads

James J. Wiseman, Love and Advaita

Christian Hackbarth-Johnson, Abhishiktananda’s Spiritual and Political Legacy

Jacob Riyeff, Swami Abhishiktananda and the Psalms

Cyprien Consiglio, Devotion beyond the Darkness

 Dorathick Rajan, The Pursuit of God in India

Ted Ulrich, Approaching Indian Culture: The Example of Swami Abhishiktananda 

Mario Aguilar, Reflections on Abhishiktananda the Hindu Pilgrim

Yann Vagneux, Les derniers jours de Swamiji (English: Swamiji’s Final Days)

Michael Highburger, Turning East: A French Benedictine Monk in Spiritual India

Antony Kalliath, Abhishiktananda’s Tao: Bridge Consciousness

I. TESTIMONIALS, REFLECTIONS, REPORTS / TÉMOIGNAGES, RÉFLEXIONS, COMPTES-RENDUS 

1. Testimonials / Témoignages

Eusebia A. Nalugala, My First Meeting with Muslims
A Catholic sister from Kenya recounts her experience at the meeting of Benedictine and Shi‘a Muslim women that took place in Nairobi in June.

2. Reflections / Réflexions 

John Borelli, In Memoriam: Bishop Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B. (1928-2023) 

Mohammad Ali Shomali, What do Christians and Muslims Have in Common?
A presentation given at the meeting between Benedictine and Shi‘a Muslim women that took place in Nairobi in June.

3. Reports / Comptes-rendus  

Jaechan Anselmo Park, The Tenth Meeting of the Korean Commission for Monastic Interreligious Dialogue

William Skudlarek, A Meeting in East Africa of Benedictine and Muslim Women 

William Skudlarek, Perspectives de dialogue monastique-musulman en Afrique de l'Ouest

Matteo Nicolini-Zani, Riunione annuale dei membri del DIM Italia 2023
                                  The 2023 Annual Meeting of the Italian Commission of DIM•MID

 Manuela Scheiba, Two Weeks in Japanese Zen Monasteries: The Sixteenth East-West Spiritual Exchange Program

Justin Robinson, Monastic Encounter No. 4 (Autumn 2022) and No. 5 (Spring 2023
Newsletter of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue (MID) in Great Britain and Ireland

II. STUDIES / ÉTUDES (Peer-reviewed articles / Articles soumis à un examen)

III. RESOURCES / RESSOURCES

1. Book reviews / Recensions 

Le Swami et la Carmélite : Vol. I – L’appel de l’Inde. Correspondance Henri Le Saux – Thérèse de Jésus, 1959-1968. Préface et notes de Yann Vagneux
Reviewed by GilChrist Lavigne (Traduction français)

Carol S. Anderson and Thomas Cattoi, eds. The Routledge Handbook of Buddhist-Christian Studies
Reviewed by Robert Magliola

2. Notice of recent and forthcoming books / Avis de livres récents et à venir

Lucina Mosher, Elinor J. Pierce and Or N. Rose, With the Best of Intentions: Interreligious Missteps and Mistakes

Jordan Denari Dufner, Islamophobia: What Christians Should Know (and Do)

3. Documents

Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, Christians and Hindus:  Building Peace in Truth, Justice, Love and Freedom     
Message for the Feast of Deepavali  2023

Pope Francis, Address to Participants in the Fifth World Congress of Benedictine Oblates
In his talk to Benedictine oblates, Pope Francis refers to an “expanded heart” (Dilatato Corde) as characteristic of the Benedictine spirit.

4. Resources 

Monastic Experiences of Interreligious Dialogue
Forty-three reflections on monastic interreligious dialogue that were published in both the European and North American editions of the Bulletin in 2003to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of European and North American commissions for monastic interreligious dialogue,

Paul McKenna, Interfaith Dialogue Education Resources

5. Announcements / Annonces

Third Buddhist-Carmelite Conference, Avila, Spain, July 25-28, 2014
Links to information, full conference program, and registration form