“Pim Valkenberg’s World Religions in Dialogue is an excellent introduction to help students of Christian theology better be mindful other religious traditions and to deepen their understanding of their own Christian traditions.”

―Amir Hussain

Loyola Marymount University

“The unique feature of Pim Valkenberg’s World Religions in Dialogue is in providing an ‘insider’s,’ in addition to an ‘outsider’s,” perspective on five major religious traditions of the world, toward a deeper appreciation of the complexities of these traditions, in addition to of their underlying common themes that call for ongoing dialogue. It is a very insightful approach highly suited to be used in college courses and appealing for general readers.”

―Ruben L. F. Habito

Perkins School of Theology

Southern Methodist University

“World Religions in Dialogue is that unique textbook which combines competent introduction, accessibility, and a thoughtful dialogue of insiders and outsiders in conversation. It is going to be a much-appreciated text for the introductory course on world religions, showing both the what of religions and the how of learning religions in an ongoing conversation.”

-Francis X. Clooney, SJ

Parkman Professor of Divinity

Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions

Harvard University

“The unique feature of Pim Valkenberg’s World Religions in Dialogue is in providing an ‘insider’s,’ in addition to an ‘outsider’s,’ perspective on five major religious traditions of the world, toward a deeper appreciation of the complexities of these traditions, in addition to of their underlying common themes that call for ongoing dialogue. It is a very insightful approach highly suited to be used in college courses and appealing for general readers.”

―Ruben L. F. Habito

Perkins School of Theology

Southern Methodist University

In our increasingly more pluralistic and globalized society, it’s not good enough to simply learn about other religions: We will have to from other religions―and their adherents.

Pim Valkenberg’s World Religions in Dialogue: A Comparative Theological Approach, Enhanced Edition, provides an opportunity to do just that.

Exploring five major world religions―Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism―this text offers perspectives from both an adherent of the religion (an “insider”) and someone outside that tradition, creating a unique dialogical approach that masterfully combines scholarship with lived experience. Equipped with glossaries, questions for further research, and suggestions for experiential learning components, World Religions in Dialogue invites students to learn about world religions―and investigate their own inherited traditions―in a way that reflects the pluralistic world in which they live.

Pim (Wilhelmus G. B. M) Valkenberg is an extraordinary professor of religion and culture in the School of Theology and Religious Studies at The Catholic University of The usa in Washington, D.C. His most latest books are Renewing Islam by Service: A Christian View of Fethullah Gülen and the Hizmet Movement (CUA Press, 2015) and (with Dr. Anthony Cirelli) Nostra Aetate: Celebrating Fifty Years of the Catholic Church’s Dialogue with Jews and Muslims (CUA Press, 2016).