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by Mario I. Aguilar (Author)
This volume is about Pope Francis, the diplomat. It discusses his endeavors to connect and develop a common peaceful international order between countries, faith communities, and even antagonistic communities through a peaceful journey of human beings.
Author Biography
Mario I. Aguilar is Professor of Religion and Politics at the School of Divinity, St Mary's College, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom. A few of his recent publications include Church, Liberation and World Religions: Towards a Christian-Buddhist Dialogue (2012); Pope Francis: His Life and Thought (2014); Christian Ashrams, Hindu Caves, and Sacred Rivers: Christian-Hindu Monastic Dialogue in India 1950-1993 (2016); The Way of the Hermit: Interfaith Encounters in Silence and Prayer (2017); and Interreligious Dialogue and the Partition of India: Hindus and Muslims in Dialogue about Violence and Forced Migration (2018). His research interests include the study of religion; religion in the contemporary world; theology in Latin America and Africa; contextual theology; biblical studies and anthropology; Islam in Africa; the history of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism; Christian-Buddhist dialogue; Hinduism, particularly monasticism in India; Christian-Hindu dialogue; and Hindu texts.
