Professor Michael Barnes
- Christianity
- United Kingdom
- Male
- United Kingdom
- Northern Europe
- Centre for Interreligious Dialogue, Heythrop College, University of London, De Nobili Dialogue Centre, Southall, West London, University of Roehampton, the Lokahi Foundation, London
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Co-Founder, Centre for Interreligious Dialogue, Heythrop College, University of London
Director, De Nobili Dialogue Centre, Southall, West London
Professor of Interreligious Relations, University of Roehampton
Trustee, the Lokahi Foundation, London
Michael Barnes, S.J. studied at the Universities of London, Oxford and Cambridge and is professor of Interreligious Relations at Heythrop College, University of London. A Jesuit since 1965, his particular area of expertise is Buddhism, the religions of India and Christian-Jewish Relations. His main area of writing and research is Comparative Theology. He has served as a consultant to the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue in Rome and to the ecumenical Churches Commission on Inter-faith Relations. He is currently writing a book enitled Waiting on Grace, on the theology of dialogue. Biography as at 28.03.18
Main Publications
- 1.) PROFESSOR MICHAEL BARNES , Christian identity & religious pluralism: religions in conversation : Christian identity & religious pluralism: religions in conversation , Nashville : Abingdon Press , 1989
- 2.) Theology and the dialogue of religions : Theology and the dialogue of religions , Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press. , 2002
- 3.) PROFESSOR MICHAEL BARNES , The Work of Discovery: Interreligious Dialogue as Life-Long Learning : The Work of Discovery: Interreligious Dialogue as Life-Long Learning , Spiritus : A Journal of Christian Spirituality , 2011
- 4.) PROFESSOR MICHAEL BARNES , Reading Other Religious Texts: Intratextuality and the Logic of Scripture : Reading Other Religious Texts: Intratextuality and the Logic of Scripture , Journal of Ecumenical Studies , 2011
- 5.) PROFESSOR MICHAEL BARNES , Interreligious learning: dialogue, spirituality and the Christian imagination : Interreligious learning: dialogue, spirituality and the Christian imagination , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. , 2012
- 6.) PROFESSOR MICHAEL BARNES , Opening up a Dialogue: Dei Verbum and the Religions : Opening up a Dialogue: Dei Verbum and the Religions , Modern Theology , 2013
- 7.) PROFESSOR MICHAEL BARNES , The Space of Meeting: Learning to be Host and Guest : The Space of Meeting: Learning to be Host and Guest , Communio Viatorum, LVIII , 2016