Towards a Culture of Co-Existence in Pluralistic Societies
The Middle East and India

The volume focusses on a culture of co-existence in pluralistic societies in the Middle East and in India. The topic is approached from various different angels by developing ideas and perspectives, prospects, chances and visions for the future.
Contributions come from Archbishops Paul Matar and Paul Nabil El-Sayah (Lebanon), Mor Theophilose Kuriakose and Joseph Powathil (India), Bishop Mar Antoine Audo SJ (Syria) , Frans Bouwen MAfr (Jerusalem), Philip Nelpuraparambil (India), Sidney H. Griffith (USA), Herman Theule (Belgium), Berge Traboulsi (Lebanon), Baby Varghese (India) and Dietmar W. Winkler. Forewords derive from Cardinal-Patriarch Louis Raphael I. Sako (Iraq), Cardinal Kurt Koch (Vatican), Cardinal Christoph Schönborn and PRO ORIENTE President Alfons M. Kloss (Austria). In a special section, the post-synodical Exhortation on the Middle East Synod “Ecclesia in Medio Oriente” by Pope Benedict XVI is published.