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| Paul F. Knitter
Paul Tillich Professor of Theology, World Religions and Culture
My overall, general dream
is that Union will be recognized more and more not just as a generating center for
progressive, liberative theology, but also for
progressive, dialogical theology.
In order to be true to our Union tradition and image – i.e., our tradition of a theology that responds to a world of oppression and injustice – we will need to promote not just any kind of interreligious dialogue but,
rather, a dialogue that
engages the realities of suffering due to oppression.
Interfaith dialogue at Union will be, predominantly,
a socially engaged interfaith dialogue.
Paul Knitter
Inaugural Address
February 20, 2008 |
Paul F. Knitter, who joined the Union faculty in January 2007, is a leading theologian of religious pluralism. He holds a licentiate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome (1966) and a doctorate from the University of Marburg, Germany (1972). Knitter’s journey into interfaith dialogue began in 1964 when he was a seminarian in Rome and experienced the Second Vatican Council firsthand, at a time when the Roman Catholic Church declared its new attitude towards other religions.
Dr. Knitter is Professor Emeritus of Theology at Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, where he taught for 28 years before coming to Union. He serves on the Board of the International, Interreligious Peace Council, formed after the 1993 World Parliament of Religions to promote interreligious peace-making projects.
Most of Dr. Knitter’s research and publications have dealt with religious pluralism and interreligious dialogue. Since his ground-breaking 1985 book, No Other Name?, he has been exploring how the religious communities of the world can cooperate in promoting human and ecological well-being. This is the topic of One Earth Many Religions: Multifaith Dialogue and Global Responsibility (1995) and Jesus and the Other Names: Christian Mission and Global Responsibility (1996), and his critical survey of Christian approaches to other religions: Introducing Theologies of Religions (Orbis Books, 2002). In 2005, Knitter edited a multifaith exploration titled The Myth of Religious Superiority (Orbis Books). His current writing project, scheduled for publication in early 2009, is Without Buddha I Could Not Be A Christian: A Personal Journey of Passing Over and Passing Back.
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