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Catherine Cornille, The Im-possibility of Interreligious Dialogue, New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company 2008, xii + 265 p., isbn 978-0-8245-2464-7, price us $ 24.95.

Catherine Cornille, The Im-possibility of Interreligious Dialogue, New York: The Crossroad... Book Reviews / Exchange 39 (2010) 197-214 199 Catherine Cornille, Th e Im-possibility of Interreligious Dialogue , New York: Th e Crossroad Publishing Company 2008, xii + 265 p., isbn 978-0-8245-2464-7, price us $ 24.95. Th e Belgian theologian Catherine Cornille, who has taught comparative theology at Bos- ton College in Boston for several years, has written an interesting and excellent book about inter-religious dialogue. What makes the book interesting is that she adopted a new approach, in which she started from fi ve essential conditions that in her opinion have to be fulfi lled if the persons involved wish to change and grow. Each of the fi ve chapters of her study is devoted to one of these fi ve conditions. Th e fi rst condition is humility. Th ere will be no serious dialogue if the partners are not prepared to hold the other, including his thoughts and views, in higher esteem than them- selves. Cornille shows that humility is a highly appreciated quality in Christianity and not only there. However, she also reveals that humility mostly means that one has to be humble towards God, which often is explained as to be humble to the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Exchange Brill

Catherine Cornille, The Im-possibility of Interreligious Dialogue, New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company 2008, xii + 265 p., isbn 978-0-8245-2464-7, price us $ 24.95.

Exchange , Volume 39 (2): 199 – Jan 1, 2010
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Book Reviews / Exchange 39 (2010) 197-214 199 Catherine Cornille, Th e Im-possibility of Interreligious Dialogue , New York: Th e Crossroad Publishing Company 2008, xii + 265 p., isbn 978-0-8245-2464-7, price us $ 24.95. Th e Belgian theologian Catherine Cornille, who has taught comparative theology at Bos- ton College in Boston for several years, has written an interesting and excellent book about inter-religious dialogue. What makes the book interesting is that she adopted a new approach, in which she started from fi ve essential conditions that in her opinion have to be fulfi lled if the persons involved wish to change and grow. Each of the fi ve chapters of her study is devoted to one of these fi ve conditions. Th e fi rst condition is humility. Th ere will be no serious dialogue if the partners are not prepared to hold the other, including his thoughts and views, in higher esteem than them- selves. Cornille shows that humility is a highly appreciated quality in Christianity and not only there. However, she also reveals that humility mostly means that one has to be humble towards God, which often is explained as to be humble to the

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