Abstract for Online Program Book (maximum 150 words)
This panel focuses on the new volume Sacred Encounters: Stories of Christian Pioneers of Interreligious Dialogue. Some of the contributors to this volume will share some of the elements of their own story, while also reflecting on the process and challenges of writing a short interreligious autobiography and deciding which elements to highlight in remembering one's process of spiritual and theological development and change through encountering another religious tradition. The panel will offer a taste of the fascinating and very different stories that are brought together in the volume.