Edward Schillebeeckx and Interreligious Dialogue

If Schillebeeckx had been Asian, how would he have responded to the phenomenon of religious pluralism? This book attempts to answer that question, beginning with a dialogue with the Vatican Declaration Dominus Iesus and discerning how Schillebeeckx's methodology has been applied in Asian theology. Employing the hermeneutical-critical method, Schillebeeckx asserts that the Word of God did not come "e;down to us, as it were, vertically in a purely divine statement"e;--it must be interpreted! In today's context of so many religions, so many cultures, and so many poor, God's Word invites the church to be a "e;sacrament of dialogue."e; Through dialogue the church will be "e;challenged by other religions and challenge them in return."e; Christianity will then be "e;put in its place, as well as given the place which is its due."e;