Encountering other faiths / Maria Hornung.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-112).

Interreligious dialogue in global and American society -- Need for interreligious dialogue in the twenty-first century -- The United States and the relevance and imperative of interreligious dialogue -- Imperative of grassroots commitment and involvement -- Outcomes of grassroots involvement in interreligious dialogue -- Interreligious dialogue -- The meaning of interreligious dialogue -- Ground rules of interreligious dialogue -- Modalities of interreligious dialogue -- Introduction to common ground -- Major themes of exploration -- Deep-dialogue -- Identifying a process for initiating interreligious dialogue at the grassroots -- Addressing a lack in adult education literature regarding the process of engaging religious dialogue -- Grounding of the process of engaging in interreligious dialogue -- Theoretical underpinnings to a creative exposure to interreligious dialogue -- Milton Bennett's stages of intercultural sensitivity --^Relating Bennett's schema to the process of introduction to interreligious dialogue -- Fowler's stages of faith and interreligious dialogue -- Stages of interreligious dialogue -- Interrelating three models of transformation -- Educational insight into adult pedagogy and personal transformation -- Planning for an introduction to encoutnering other faiths -- Aims of this process -- Basic assumptions -- Basic principles -- Applications -- Encountering other faiths -- Session one: gathering in faith -- Session two: assessing our encounters with people of other faiths -- Session three: exploring religious diversity within our locale -- Session four: treasuring our faith heritage -- Session five: engaging in dialogue with people of another faith -- Session six: exploring common ground with people of other faiths -- Session seven: learning from our experiences of deepening faith -- Session eight: responding to our "call" to interreligious dialogue --^Session nine: envisioning a new world reality, deepening kinship, collaborating for the common good -- A new beginning.