Recent Publications in the Field: Beyond Dialogue: New Paradigms in Interfaith Discourse

This interactive workshop roundtable introduces a new edited volume, Beyond Dialogue: New Paradigms in Interfaith Discourse (SUNY Press, 2026). Given the most recent rise in religious extremism, and the suppression of free speech that has targeted dissenting voices and marginalized communities, we have felt it both urgent and important to critically approach the possibilities and limitations of interfaith discourse, in our communities and through our scholarship. Contributors blend academic analysis with activist praxis, employing diverse methodologies spanning theology, history, sociology, and anthropology. Through case studies from North America and beyond, close textual readings, and theoretical interventions––featuring  underrepresented voices including Pagan, Baha'i, and "nones" perspectives often absent from interreligious scholarship––we ask: beyond dialogue, toward what? Brief presentations from editors and contributors on the volume will introduce critical frameworks including "Beyond Interfaith Settlerhood" and "Engaged Buddhism as Engaged Community.”We offer brief remarks before opening to a larger conversation, inviting collaboration with fellow scholar-practitioners.