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In the present epoch of tensions between civilizations, challenges being brought by globalization processes and the necessity of the coexistence of various cultures and traditions, the subject of inter-religious dialogue seems to be particularly significant. Can religions remain isolated islands? Are their claims of being the only source of theological truth justified? Or should it rather be understood as an effect of interaction between different points of view and common effort of looking for the answers to the questions about God and his relations to the world? What is the role of dialogue? Is it only a politically correct element or maybe something more essential – the basis of reasonable existence and development of religion? Should the direction traced by 20th century's partisans of ecumenical movements be widened in order to embrace also non Christian religions? What is the orthodoxy and where are its boundaries? The process philosophy creates a convenient and favorable atmosphere for this kind of considerations. The articles of this selection represent different points of view of the discussed topic. The book is addressed to all who deal with the inter-religious dialogue: both clergy and laymen as well as scholars and students interested in the subject.

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Full of possibility across traditions, this pearl is worth the purchase of the book Carla Mae Streeter, O.P, Aquinas Institute of Theology, St. Louis, MO in the Journal of Ecumenical Studies 45:1 2010.

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Mirosław Patalon, PhD, is a professor of religious education at the University of Gdansk, Poland where he is also a vice-dean of the Social Sciences Faculty. From 1989 to 2003 he was a pastor of Baptist churches in Wroclaw and Gdansk. He is the author of several books and articles on the philosophy of religion and the theory of education.

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