Pilgrimage, Place, and Pluralism

Essays in Conversation with Diana Eck

Edited by Jennifer Peace and Elinor J. Pierce

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978-1-960090-44-7
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February 2023

A singular scholar who has influenced multiple fields, inspired countless educators, and connected with people, places, and communities around the world, Diana Eck is widely respected for her scholarship and her innovative approach. Whether breaking new ground in the humanities, experimenting with the case method, or crossing disciplinary boundaries, Eck's work is both profound and engaging. These essays honor and extend the impact of her scholarship.

This volume is akin to an invitation to Diana Eck's dinner table or seminar room, embracing her dialogical approach and placing her in conversation with friends and field-builders, emerging and established scholars, as well as religious and civic leaders. Contributors include Halah Ahmad; S. Wesley Ariarajah; Karen Armstrong; Ali S. Asani; Preeta D. Bansal; Whittney Barth; Sissela Bok; Chloe Breyer; Patrice Brodeur; Francis X. Clooney, SJ; Lawrence Cohen; Dhammananda; Rebecca Kneale Gould; William A. Graham; Blu Greenberg; John Stratton Hawley; Nancy A. Khalil; Rahul Mehrotra; Lucinda Mosher; Vijaya Nagarajan; Vasudha Narayanan; Pranati Parikh; Eboo Patel; Laurie L. Patton; Anantanand Rambachan; Neelima Shukla-Bhatt; Susan Shumaker; Simran Jeet Singh; and, Duncan Ryūken Williams.

Afterword by James Carroll.

Jennifer Howe Peace co-founded the American Academy of Religion's Program Unit on Interreligious and Interfaith Studies and founded an affiliated Association by the same name. Author of numerous articles, essays, and chapters on interfaith cooperation, she is co-editor of Interreligious/ Interfaith Studies: Defining a New Field as well as a multi-year series called Interreligious Studies in Theory and Practice, for Palgrave Macmillan. Her co-edited book, My Neighbor's Faith: Stories of Interreligious Encounter, Growth, and Transformation, received a Catholic Press Association Book Award.

Elinor (Ellie) J. Pierce is the research director for the Pluralism Project at Harvard University. She leads the Pluralism Project's Case Initiative. She is the author of Pluralism in Practice and co-editor of a volume, with Lucinda Mosher and Or Rose, With the Best of Intentions. In addition to her part-time role at the Pluralism Project, Ellie is actively engaged in consulting, writing, and filmmaking. Her most recent film, Abraham's Bridge, chronicles the growth and development of the Tri-Faith Initiative in Omaha, Nebraska.