Religion scholar Diana Eck is director of the Pluralism Project, which seeks to map the new religious diversity of the United States, particularly the increasing presence of Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim communities.
She was involved in the interfaith dialogue program of the World Council of Churches for fifteen years..
Eck is professor of comparative religion and Indian studies at Harvard University, and author of A New Religious America.
She reveals how her own encounters with other religions have shaped and enlarged her Christian faith toward a bold new Christian pluralism About the Author: Diana L.
In this tenth-anniversary edition of Encountering God, Eck shows why dialogue with people of other faiths remains crucial in today\'s interdependent world--globally, nationally, and even locally.
Religion scholar Diana Eck is director of the Pluralism Project, which seeks to map the new religious diversity of the United States, particularly the increasing presence of Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim communities