One Earth Many Religions: Multifaith Dialogue and Global Responsibility, by Paul F. Knitter

More than anyone else in North America, Paul Knitter has brought together in his writings a concern for social justice and the problem of the Christian theology of religions. Now Knitter responds to the critics of his pluralist theology by claiming that the best way to pursue interreligious dialogue is to base that dialogue on a commitment to "global responsibility" (i.e., praxis which leads to the well being of human beings and the environment). Few of his critics will be appeased by his response. Some of his readers will be put off by his uncompromising insistence on liberating political praxis as the sole basis for interreligious dialogue. Nevertheless, voices such as Knitter's, which seek to link the theology of liberation with the theology of religions, need to be heard.