Quest For Truth - Softcover

Traer, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1888570520 ISBN 13: 9781888570526

Publisher: The Davies Group Publishers, 2003

Synopsis

There are choices to be made in clarifying the goals of interfaith cooperation, the language used in dialogue, and the strategies undertaken. Quest for Truth defines limits to interfaith cooperation, suggests ways of guarding against religious propaganda, illustrates how dialogue about ethical choices can affirm mutual respect and reject relativism, offers a critique of the global ethic that encourages dialogue among communities of faith, and in distinguishing faith from belief clarifies how the quest for truth might be pursued through interfaith dialogue.

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From the Publisher

Drawing on experiences gathered during a decade of service in his capacity of General Secretary of the IARF, his many publications on interfaith cooperation and his multiple addresses to international audiences, Dr. Traer has produced a work that will appeal to anyone involved in, or sharing an interest in, interfaith activities - religious professionals, seminarians, members of the Academy, and lay persons.

Review

"Religions grapple with profound questions of human life such as, the possibility of repentance and forgiveness, of peace and justice, and above all, of truth. Interfaith dialogue, if it is only concerned for a polite consensus, can lead to an evasion of the deeper issues, especially those about truth. Robert Traer, who for the last ten years has played a leading part in interfaith activity across the world, brings a critical and questioning mind to bear on key concerns of interfaith dialogue and challenges, all involved not to avoid the difficult and costly search for real understanding at the deepest level. This is an important and salutary book which all engaged in interfaith dialogue should read, and which should help to convince critics that interfaith dialogue has a vital contribution to make to human welfare and to a fuller understanding of Truth." -- Reverend Marcus Braybrooke, Co-President, World Congress of Faiths

"Religious people must either cooperate better across confessional, national, and ethnic divisions, or prove our faith to have been far too shallow and small. With urgency, humility, and great acuity, Robert Traer here shows us what we need to do to establish new goals, language, initiatives, and approaches to interfaith cooperation. Best of all, he models the critical reflection necessary to find the way forward in faith." -- John Buehrens, President, Unitarian Universalist Association

"Reverend Dr. Robert Traer probes with great clarity the major issues of multi-religious cooperation as humanity prepares to move into the next millennium. Throughout his remarkable book, one is struck by the author's deep intelligence and creativity. In Dr. Traer's view, the required creativity among the religious traditions must respond to the major problems that face the human family as well as the inescapable pluralism of religion itself. Throughout the book one senses the author's remarkable modesty before each religion. One also senses the quiet urgency that animates the author's conviction that religions can and must rise to the new problems that confront the human family. Dr. Traer's reflections are rooted in his long personal experience of religious creativity, be that creativity among the grassroots or creativity among its top leaders." -- Dr. William F. Vendley, Secretary General, World Conference on Religion and Peace

"Whether new to the field or already immersed in interfaith work, you will find very valuable insights in Quest for Truth. Author Robert Traer draws from his considerable experience, and, employing a sharp knife with a supportive and gentle hand, cuts through many false assumptions and romantic notions about interfaith cooperation to help readers uncover its vital core. In these pages you will be provoked, prodded, and propelled beyond the 'interfaith bazaar' and 'religion as resource' approaches to a more honest, critical, and in the end, hopefully more productive engagement in interfaith cooperation-one that respects the integrity of diverse religions as the ground and source for ethical action at both local and global levels." -- Dr. Patricia M. Mische, President, Global Education Associates

Edition details

• Publisher: The Davies Group Publishers
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1888570520
• ISBN 13: 9781888570526
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 236