Fortress Press

"A brilliant collection of essays by one of the world's leading scholars on interreligious dialogue and learning. Let me just say that nothing I've ever read by Father Clooney is ever anything less than fascinating, provocative and beautifully written. These essays, a delight to read and ponder, are a kind of master class in which you will learn an enormous amount about a wide variety religious and spiritual traditions–including your own. Highly recommended."

"Francis Clooney’s comparative engagements with a diverse array of religious traditions and his reports from the frontiers of contemporary interreligious dialogue are necessary reading for all who are trying to live a life of faith in this difficult moment."

"Today’s world is growing increasingly diverse in every way, which makes any meaningful and transformative study of religion necessarily interreligious. Learning Interreligiously is a rare book of relatively short reflections that combines scholarly integrity with religious sensibility. Francis Clooney effortlessly crosses religious boundaries as he reflects over issues that impact not only religions in general but also religions in dialogue with one another. What invests his writing with immense power is his breadth of vision and depth of thought and, above all, his ability to see truth and light in religions other than his own. The book is persuasive without being overbearing, offering the readers freedom to think and inviting them to arrive at their own conclusions. This is a book that widens our horizons in a way that helps to not only learn but also live interreligiously."

"Francis X. Clooney, SJ, is the quintessential teacher, passionate about his subject of interreligious learning. Whether instructing students at Harvard, preaching in his parish church on Sundays, writing articles, or posting blogs online, he expertly leads his audience on an intriguing journey of discovery across religious borders. This volume features a selection of his blog posts, in which he either expertly places readings from the Church’s liturgical calendar alongside texts from other faith traditions, or else he wrestles with noteworthy developments in the contemporary world. Deeming ignorance of another’s belief system “a moral and spiritual failing” that generates personal and societal problems, Clooney invites us to consider such topics as, 'At Pentecost the Spirit Blows, Interreligiously'; or again, 'So What, if Barack Hussein Obama were a Muslim?' The reflective nature of the blogs and their ability to challenge the status quo guarantee a fascinating and informative read."