The Weekly Word: The Clash of Religions Is Overstated: The Coming of Interfaith Awareness Is Irreversible

by Francis X. Clooney, SJ | May 7, 2024 | Blog, The Weekly Word

I often think of a conference I went to in the old city of Edinburgh as a good place to begin an introduction to the new discipline of interreligious learning. Edinburgh is lovely, much larger than the neighboring town of St. Andrews which is even older. Edinburgh was laid out in the nineteenth century, I think, and in most directions there are great vistas, avenues leading to imposing buildings.