VOLUME I, Number 1
January - June 2011
This periodical is indexed in the ATLA Catholic Periodical and Literature Index® (CPLI®),
I. FOREWARDS / LIMINAIRES
Pierre de Béthune OSB, UN DIALOGUE QUI PROCÈDE D’UN CŒUR OUVERT
A presentation of the purpose of this new journal by the Editor-in-chief.
William Skudlarek OSB, DIALOGUE THAT EXPANDS THE HEART
A description of the planning for this new journal by the Managing Editor.
Fabrice Blée PhD, COMPRENDRE L’AUTRE EN VERTU MÊME DE SON RAPPORT AU SACRÉ
An explanation of the theological rationale for this new journal by a member of the Editorial Board.
II. TESTIMONIALS, REFLECTIONS, REPORTS / TÉMOIGNAGES, RÉFLEXIONS, COMPTES-RENDUS
1. Testimonials / Témoignages
Sheryl Frances Chen OCSO, WHAT YOU SEE IS NOT WHAT YOU GET
A Buddhist perspective on the monastic journey: overcoming the basic disparity between our perception and the way things really are.
Kevin Hunt OCSO, LONGING FOR AN EXPERIENCE OF THE ABSOLUTE
A Trappist monk who teaches Zen meditation reflects on his ministry.
Luc Moës OSB, D’OÙ M’EST DONC VENU LE SOUCI INTERRELIGIEUX ?
A monk reflects on his childhood and his experiences of other cultures, finding there the origin of his interest in other religions.
Gëtane Seulen OSB, LA VOCATION CHRÉTIENNE
The Christian vocation calls us to seek what is universal.
2. Reflections / Réflexions
Bettina Bäumer, "QUE L'ESPRIT VOUS PERDE DANS LE FOND!"
The letters that Swami Abhishiktananda wrote to his friend and disciple during the last ten years of his life.
Ivo Dujardin OCSO, INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE AT TIBHIRINE
The practice of interreligious dialogue by Trappist monks in Algeria whose life is portrayed in the film Des hommes et des dieux ("Of Men and Gods").
Ama Samy SJ, INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE BEYOND TRANSLATION, BEYOND RELIGION
Two differing approaches to interreligious dialogue: education(learning about the other) and transformation (losing and finding oneself through the other).
Abbot Ajahn Brahm & Abbot Placid Spearritt OSB, TWO ABBOTS TALK
The abbots of two monastic communities in Australia explore fundamental issues in a recorded discussion that is available from New Norcia Abbey.
Christian Hackbarth-Johnson, INTERVIEW WITH MURRAY ROGERS
The transcript of an interview with a close friend and collaborator of Swami Abhishiktananda.
3. Reports / Comptes-rendus
Claire Dugan, EXPLORING THE HINDU TEMPLE
Visiting a Hindu temple offers students a way to experience multiculturalism in the United States.
John Dupuche, AN AUTRALIAN INTERFAITH RETREAT
A report on a retreat that brought together Catholics, Hindus, and Buddhists.
Gëtane Seulen OSB, RENCONTRE ISLAMO-CHRETIENNE
A report on a meeting of Belgian Benedictine nuns and their Muslim neighbors.
III. STUDIES / ÉTUDES
Michael Ipgrave, THE GOD WHO PROVOKES US ALL TO HOLINESS
Can Islam be seen as a means by which God "provokes" Christians to greater holiness?
Benoît Standaert OSB, P. DOMINIQUE VAN ROLLEGHEM (1904-1995)
A Belgian monk who might be considered one of the "pioneers" of Hindu-Christian dialogue.
William Skudlarek OSB, ABHISHIKTANANDA’S UNDERSTANDING OF THE MONK
For Abhishiktananda a monk is essentially contemplative, ideally eremitic, and naturally dialogic.
IV. RESOURCES / RESSOURCES
1. Book reviews / Recensions
Jacques Scheuer, UN CHRÉTIEN DANS LES PAS DU BOUDDHA. (Reviewed by Pierre de Béthune OSB)
Bernard de Give OCSO, A TRAPPIST MEETING MONKS FROM TIBET (Reviewed by Gregory Perron OSB)
Ambrogio Bongiovanni, FONDAMENTALISMI (Reviewed by Paolo Trianni)
2. Notice of recent and forthcoming books / Avis de livres récents et à venir
Michael Cuypers, THE BANQUET: A Reading of the Fifth Sura of the Qur'an
C. Cornille, ed., CRITERIA OF DISCERNMENT IN INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE
C. Cornille and C. Conway, eds., INTERRELIGIOUS HERMENEUTICS
Richard Kearney and James Taylor, eds., HOSTING THE STRANGER: Between Religions
Pierre-François de Béthune OSB, INTERRELIGIOUS HOSPITALITY: The Fulfillment of Dialogue
Leo D. Lefebure and Peter Feldemeier, THE PATH OF WISDOM: A Christian Commentary on the Dhammapada
Sebastian Painadath SJ, THE POWER OF SILENCE: Fifty Meditations to Discover the Divine Space in You
Fabrice Blée, THE THIRD DESERT: The Story of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue
Notto R. Thelle, WHO CAN STOP THE WIND? Travels in the Borderland between East and West
William Skudlarek OSB and Bettina Bäumer, eds., WITNESS TO THE FULLNESS OF LIGHT; The Vision and Relevance of the Benedictine Monk Swami Abhishiktananda
3. Documents
John Dupuche, AN INTERFAITH ASHRAM
The draft of a "rule" for an interfaith ashram proposed by two priests of the Archdioces of Melbourne, John Dupuche, and Michael Mifsud.
Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, MESSAGE TO BUDDHISTS FOR THE FEAST OF VESAKH/HANNAMATSURI 2011
Seeking Truth in Freedom: Christians and Buddhists Live in Peace