January, 2006

Contents

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| editorial |
Beyond the Clash of Fundamentalisms
Ronald H. Miller

| creative encounters |
From Irony to Inclusion early models for interfaith
dialogue
Mahmoud Sadri

Communal Discord & Guru Granth Sahib’s Remedy
Rajinder Kaur Rohi

On Pluralism, Intolerance & the Qur’an
Ali S. Asani

HIV/AIDS, Faith & Religious Leadership
Ruth Grier

Remembering the Surge of the Tsunami
Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh

What Can Buddhism Offer a Violent World?
Elizabeth Harris

| reflections |
On the Rainbow
Marcus Braybrooke

A Jain Insight on Hospitality
Vinod Kapasi

A Christian Insight on Hospitality
World Council of Churches

| sacred spaces |
Kotokuin Temple at Kamakura
Alan Race

| voices of youth |
To Share Our Faith
Umnia Khan

| focus on the interreligious movement |
Kericho Declaration, Kenya 2005

| in review |
Review Article: Deborah Hart Strober and Gerald S. Strober’s His Holiness the Dalai Lama: The Oral Biography
Rasoul Sorkhabi

Open Book: Is There a Case for Religion?
a discussion based on Keith Ward’s The Case for Religion
Raficq Abdulla

Reviews

Briefly Noted

| poetry |
Die Before You Die
Rabia

Table Ritual for the 21st Century
Georgene L. Wilson

| prayers and meditation |
Ancestors
Sobonfu and Malidoma Somé

Bedtime Prayer Prayer of a Young Christian,
Ghana

| patrons and editorial board members |

This issue’s cover photo, “AIDS orphans” was taken in Kenya by Cetta Kenney.