Suchard, D: A Place on Earth

With the relations between the religions assuming an increasingly high profile in the modern world, the so-called inter-religious dialogue has taken on commensurate urgency. After many decades of congresses, seminars, inter-faith encounters and contacts, both positive and negative between the faiths, the dialogue appears to have stalled in an ethical cul-de-sac as the different religions reach the limits of what is theologically negotiable. That brings into question the very concept of ‘dialogue‘ and its potential as a means of achieving the much-sought ‘peace among the religions‘ in a world riven by religious conflict. This monograph, a reworking of Dr. Suchard‘s doctoral dissertation, examines the question of what has led to the current stagnation, especially with regard to the Abrahamic monotheisms, and considers whether it is possible to bring a theological component back to the dialogue.