Books by (and about) Leonard Swidler

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LEONARD SWIDLER PUBLICATIONS

• The Age of Global Dialogue (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2016)

• Dialogue for Interreligious Understanding. Strategies for the Transformation of Culture-Shaping Institutions (New York:
  Palgrave McMillan, 2014)

• The Study of Religion in an Age of Global Dialogue (Chinese), translation by Xiahong (Rachel) Zhu (Shanghai, China: 2014)

• There Must Be You: The Intellectual and Spiritual Journey of Leonard Swidler, by River Adams (Wipf & Stock,
  2014)

• Vatican II book series, editor (Philadelphia: Ecumenical Press, 2011-)

• Club Modernity For Reluctant Christians (Philadelphia: Ecumenical Press, 2011)

• Democratic Bishops for the Roman Catholic Church, editor with Arlene Swidler (Philadelphia: Ecumenical Press, 2011)

• Constitutional Catholicism: An Essential in Reforming the Church (Philadelphia: Ecumenical Press, 2011)

• Trialogue: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Dialogue (New London, CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 2007)

• Jesus Was a Feminist: What the Gospels Reveal about His Revolutionary Perspective (Lanham, MD: Sheed & Ward, 2007)

• Making the Church Our Own: How We Can Reform the Catholic Church from the Ground Up (Lanham, MD: Sheed &Ward,
  2007)

• A Global Ethic, editor and author (a special of the Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Philadelphia, 2007)

• The Age of Global Dialogue / Quanqiu Duihua de Shidai, translation by Lihua Liu (Beijing: China Social Science Press, 2006)

• The Study of Religion. Macedonian translation by Slobadanka Markovska (Skopje, Macdonia: Tempjum, 2005)

• Confucianism in Dialogue Today: West, Christianity, and Judaism, co-editor with Shu-hsien Liu and John Berthrong (Philadelphia: Ecumenical Press, 2005)

• Our Understanding of Ultimate Reality Shapes Our Actions (Kuala Lumpur, University of Malaya, 2004)

• Dialogue in Malaysia and the Globe (Kuala Lumpur, University of Malaysia, 2004)

• After the Absolute, Korean translation by Chan-Su Yi (Seoul: Ehwa University Press, 2003)

• Interreligious Dialogue Toward Reconciliation in Macedonia and Bosnia, co-editor with Paul Mojzes and Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven (Philadelphia: Ecumenical Press, 2003)

• The Study of Religion in an Age of Global Dialogue, co-author with Paul Mojzes (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2000)

• For All Life. Toward a Universal Declaration of a Global Ethic: An Interreligious Dialogue (Ashland: White Cloud Press, 1999)

• Theoria-->Praxis: How Jews, Christians, Muslims Can Together Move From Theory to Practice (Antwerp: Peeters, 1998)

• The Uniqueness of Jesus, co-editor with Paul Mojzes (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1997)

• Buddhism Made Plain / Bulgyo wa Grisdogyo Rulita (Waegwan, Korea: Benedict Press, 1996)

• Toward a Catholic Constitution (New York: Crossroad Press, 1996)

• O Sentido da Vida no Limiar do Terceiro milênio / The Meaning of Life At the Edge of the Third Millennium (Sâo Paulo: Paulus, 1996)

• Suffering From the Church, by Heinrich Fries. Translation with Arlene Swidler (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1995)

• Yeshua: Gendaijin no Moderu Iesu, translation by Seiichi Yagi. (Tokyo, Shinkyo Shuppansha Pub. Co., 1994)

• IESHUA: Jesus histórico, Cristologia, Ecumenismo (Sâo Paulo: Ediçiôes Paulinas, 1993)

• Introduzione al buddismo. Paralleli con letica ebraico-cristiana, co-author with Antony Fernando. (Bologna: Edizioni Dehoniane,1992)

• Die Zukunft der Theologie im Dialog der Religionen und Weltanschauungen (Regensburg/Munich: Pustet/Kaiser Verlag, 1992)

• The Meaning of Life At the Edge of the Third Millennium (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1992)

• My Witness For the Church, by Bernard Häring. Translation and introduction (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1992)

• Muslims in Dialogue: The Evolution of a Dialogue over a Generation, editor/author (New York: E. Mellen Press, 1992)

• Human Rights: Christians Marxists and Others in Dialogue, editor/author (New York: Paragon House, 1991)

• Religions In Dialogue, Series Editor (New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1990-)

• “Alle Christen haben das Recht...”, co-editor with Patrick Connor/author (Munich: Kösel Verlag, 1990)

• Christian Mission and Interreligious Dialogue, co-editor with Paul Mojzes/author (New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1990)

• A Bridge to Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, co-author with and translation of Seiichi Yagi (Mahwah NJ: Paulist Press, 1990)

• Attitudes of Religions and Ideologies towards the Outsider: The Other, co-editor with Paul Mojzes / author (New York: Mellen Press, 1990)

• Bursting the Bonds: A Jewish-Christian Dialogue on Jesus and Paul, editor & co-author with Gerard Sloyan, Lewis Eron, and Lester Dean (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1990)

• Death or Dialogue: From the Age of Monologue to the Age of Dialogue, with John Cobb, Monika Hellwig, and Paul Knitter (Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1990)

• After the Absolute: The Dialogical Future of Religious Reflection (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1990)

• Christians & Non-Christians in Dialogue / Cristâos e Nâo-Christâos em Diålogo (Sâo Paulo: Ed. Paulinas, 1988)

• Yeshua: A Model for Moderns (Kansas City: Sheed/Ward, 1988; 2nd expanded edition, 1993)

• Catholic-Communist Collaboration in Italy, co-editor with Edward Grace / author (Lanham MD: University Press of America, 1988)

• A Catholic Bill of Rights, co-editor with Patrick Connor / author (Kansas City: Sheed & Ward, 1988)

• Toward a Universal Theology of Religion, editor / author (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1987)

• Church in Anguish: Has the Vatican Betrayed Vatican II?, co-editor with Hans Küng / author (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1987)

• Breaking Down the Wall between Americans and East Germans, Christians and Jews Through Dialogue, editor / author (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987)

• Religious Liberty and Human Rights, editor / author (New York/Philadelphia: Hippocrene Books/Ecumenical Press, 1986)

• Buddhism Made Plain, co-author with Antony Fernando (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1984; 7th printing, 1996).

• The Passion of the Jew Jesus / Das Leiden des Juden Jesus (New York: Anti-Defamation League, 1984)

• Tractate on the Jewsby, by Franz Mussner. Translation and introduction (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984)

• Authority in the Church and the Schillebeeckx Case, co-editor with Piet Fransen / co-author (New York: Crossroad, 1982; also in Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol. 19, No. 2 - Spring, 1982)

• Küng in Conflict (New York: Doubleday, 1981)

• From Holocaust to Dialogue: A Jewish-Christian Dialogue between Americans and Germans, editor / co-author (Philadelphia: Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 1981)

• The Oberammergau Passionspiel 1984 / Das Oberammergauer Passionspiel 1984 (New York: Anti-Defamation League, 1980)

• Jewish Monotheism and Christian Trinitarian Doctrine, by Pinchas Lapide and Jürgen Moltmann. Translation and introduction (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1980)

• Consensus in Theology? A Dialogue with Hans Küng and Edward Schillebeeckx, editor and co-author (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1980; also in Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol. 17, No. 1 - Winter, 1980)

• Biblical Affirmation of Women (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1979; 4th printing, 1991)

• A Commentary on the Oberammergau Passionspiel in Regard to Its Image of Jews and Judaism (New York: Anti-Defamation League, 1978)

• Aufklärung Catholicism 1780-1850 (Missoula, MT: Scholars Press, 1978)

• Jewish-Christian-Muslim Dialogue, editor (Philadelphia: Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 1978)

• Women Priests: Catholic Commentary on the Vatican Declaration, co-edited with Arlene Swidler (New York: Paulist Press, 1977)

• Bloodwitness for Peace and Unity (Denville, NJ: Dimension Books, 1977)

• The Eucharist in Ecumenical Dialogue, editor. (New York: Paulist Press, 1976; and in Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol. 13, No. 2 - Spring, 1976)

• Women in Judaism. The Status of Women in Formative Judaism (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1976)

• Jews and Christians in Dialogue, editor (Philadelphia: Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 1975)

• Isj and Isjah, co-author with Jan Kerkhofs (Antwerp/Utrecht: Uitgeverij Patmos, 1973)

• Women Priests in the Catholic Church? Haye van der Meer, co-translation to Arlene Swidler; introduction, postscript, and translation
  with Arlene Swidle (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1973)

• Bishops and People, co-author, editor, and translator with Arlene Swidler (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1970)

• Freedom in the Church (Dayton: Pflaum Press, 1969)

• Bultmann, Barth and Catholic Theology, by Heinrich Fries. Introduction and translation (Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1967)

• Ecumenism, the Spirit and Worship, editor (Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1967)

• Jewish-Christian Dialogues, co-author with Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum (Washington, DC: National Council of Catholic Men and National Council of Catholic Women, 1966)

• The Ecumenical Vanguard (Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1965)

• Scripture and Ecumenism, editor (Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1965)

• Dialogue for Reunion (New York: Herder and Herder, 1962)