Asian Religious Traditions and Christianity contains scholarly theological essays on some Asian religious traditions and. their relationship to Christianity. The book is centered on studies on Contemplation – East and West, Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam, God's Word Through Oriental Eyes and Christian prayerfulness.
Thus, this book No. 2 of the Theological Series Thomasian Forum, underlines the growing importance of interreligious dialogue in Asia. In line with this, the section Documentation includes the publication of some major Church's pronouncements and statements on, Dialogue, prayer and Evangelization.
Furthermore, the book is completed by three original studies on St Teresa of Avila, printed here in commemoration
of the 400th death anniversary of the great mystic, saint and first woman Doctor of the Church. In the Asian context, the author of the interior Castle is becoming a fruitful bridge of dialogue between East and West as relevantly shown in the article St. Teresa and Oriental Mysticism.