Leonard Swidler
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Leonard J. Swidler is Professor of Catholic Thought and Interreligious Dialogue
Dialogue
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at Temple University
Temple University
Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...
, Philadelphia, PA where he has taught since 1966. He is the co-founder (in 1964, with Arlene Swidler) and Editor of the Journal of Ecumenical Studies (quarterly). He is also the Founder/President of the Dialogue Institute – Interreligious, Intercultural, International (born 1978), and the Founder/President of the Association for the Rights of Catholics in the Church (1980–).
Biography
Leonard Swidler was born January 6, 1929, in Sioux City, IowaIowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
to Josephine Marie Reed Swidler (1901–1962) and Samuel Swidler (1897–1984). His father was a Ukrainian
Ukraine
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Jew who had come to the U.S. at age 15, and his mother was an Irish-American Catholic
Catholic
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. Eventually the family moved to Cumberland, Wisconsin
Wisconsin
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, and then to Green Bay
Green Bay, Wisconsin
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where his parents owned and operated the Bay Beauty Shop until after World War II
World War II
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when they bought a home in Allouez and set up a beauty parlor there. Samuel worked in a paper mill in DePere and Josephine continued to run the hair salon. In 1935 Leonard's brother Jack was born, followed in 1940 by his sister Sandra.
In 1957, while they were graduate students at the University of Wisconsin, Leonard Swidler and Arlene Anderson were married. They have two daughters, Carmel (born 1958) and Eva (born 1962). Leonard and Arlene Swidler have lived in Philadelphia since 1966.
Professor Swidler has published over 70 books and close to 200 articles. He has lectured on Catholicism
Catholicism
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, Ecumenism
Ecumenism
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, Interreligious Dialogue, and Global Ethics all over the world, including Austria
Austria
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, Bangladesh
Bangladesh
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, Bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, Brazil
Brazil
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, Canada
Canada
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, China
China
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, Egypt
Egypt
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, England
England
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, Germany
Germany
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, Hungary
Hungary
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, India
India
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, Indonesia
Indonesia
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, Israel
Israel
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, Italy
Italy
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, Japan
Japan
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, Korea
Korea
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, Lebanon
Lebanon
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, Macedonia, Malaysia, Morocco
Morocco
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, Myanmar
Myanmar
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, Pakistan
Pakistan
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, Poland
Poland
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, Republic of Congo, Romania
Romania
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, Russia
Russia
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, South Africa
South Africa
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, Spain
Spain
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, Sudan
Sudan
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, Switzerland
Switzerland
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, Taiwan
Taiwan
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, Tunisia
Tunisia
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, and, of course, the United States
United States
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.
Honors
• LL.D. from LaSalle University, Philadelphia, October, 1977.• LL.D. from St. Norbert College, DePere, WI, October, 2001.
• Prize for 2002 from the Academic Society for the Research of Religions and Ideologies (SACRI), University of Cluj, Romania.
• Endowed Leonard and Arlene Swidler Chair in Interreligious Dialogue at Temple University, 2008.
Education
• St. Norbert's College, B.A. (1946–50) - Philosophy• St. Norbert's Seminary, 1950-52 - Theology
• St. Paul's Seminary, 1952-54 - Theology
• Marquette University
Marquette University
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, 1954-55 - M.A. in History; Philosophy and Literature Minors
• University of Wisconsin, 1955-57 - History, Philosophy and Literature
• University of Tübingen (Germany), 1957-58 - History and Theology; Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) in 1959
• University of Munich (Germany), 1958-59 - History and Theology
• University of Wisconsin (1961) - Ph.D. in History
Teaching
• Milwaukee School of EngineeringMilwaukee School of Engineering
The Milwaukee School of Engineering is a private university located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. MSOE is best known for its applications-oriented curriculum, close association with business and industry, and extremely high placement rate...
, 1955 (English)
• Edgewood College
Edgewood College
Edgewood College is a Dominican Catholic liberal arts college in Madison, Wisconsin, in the Diocese of Madison. Overlooking the shores of Lake Wingra, it occupies on Madison's near west side....
, 1955-56 (Philosophy)
• University of Wisconsin: Integrated Liberal Studies Department, 1956-57 (English and History)
• University of Maryland in Europe
University of Maryland University College
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, 1958-60 (History and Philosophy)
• U.S.A.R. Intelligence School, Fort Sheridan, 1959 (German)
• Duquesne University
Duquesne University
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne first opened its doors as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost in October 1878 with an enrollment of...
, 1960-66 (History
History
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; also on Theology
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
faculty, 1962–66)
• Professor at Temple University
Temple University
Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...
, Religion Department, 1966–
Guest Positions while tenured at Temple University
• ACUIIS summer school at University of Graz
University of Graz
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, Austria, 1972, 1973
• Guest Professor on the Catholic Theology Faculty and the Protestant Theology Faculty of the University of Tübingen, 1972-73
• Visiting Professor at St. Michael's College
St. Michael's College
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, Winouski, VT. Summer, 1976
• Exchange Professor on the Catholic Theology Faculty and the Institute for Ecumenical Research of the University of Tübingen, Summer Semester, 1982
• Exchange Professor on the Catholic Theology Faculty and the Institute for Ecumenical Research of the University of Tübingen, Summer Semester, 1985
• Guest Professor in the Philosophy Department, Nankai University
Nankai University
Nankai University , commonly known as Nankai, is a public research university based in Tianjin on mainland China. Founded in 1919 by educators Zhang Boling and Yan Fansun , Nankai University is a member of the Nankai serial schools. It is the alma mater of former Chinese Premier and key historical...
, Tianjin, People's Republic of China, Summer Semester, 1986
• Professor at Temple University Japan (Tokyo), Summer School, May–June, 1987
• Exchange Professor on the Protestant Theology Faculty, Hamburg University, Fall semester, 1989
• Guest Professor in the Philosophy Department, Fudan University
Fudan University
Fudan University , located in Shanghai, is one of the oldest and most selective universities in China, and is a member of the C9 League. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty...
, Shanghai, China, Summer Semester, 1990
• Professor at Temple University Japan (Tokyo), 1990-91
• Visiting Fulbright Professor at Centre for Civilisational Dialogue of the University of Malaya
University of Malaya
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, Kualalumpur, Malaysia, summer 2003
• Visiting Fulbright Professor at Centre for Civilisational Dialogue of the University of Malaya
University of Malaya
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, Kualalumpur, Malaysia, summer 2004
• Visiting Professor, East China University, Shanghai, China, June, 2004
• Visiting Professor, Fudan University
Fudan University
Fudan University , located in Shanghai, is one of the oldest and most selective universities in China, and is a member of the C9 League. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty...
, Shanghai, China, June, 2004
• Visiting Professor, Peoples’ University, Beijing, China, June, 2004
• Visiting Fulbright Professor at Centre for Catholic Studies, Chung Chi College
Chung Chi College
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, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, November, 2007
Publications -- Books (including edited and translated volumes)
• Dialogue for Reunion. New York: Herder and Herder, 1962.• Scripture and Ecumenism
Ecumenism
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(editor). Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1965.
• The Ecumenical Vanguard. Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1965.
• Jewish-Christian Dialogues (co-author Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum). Wash., DC: National Council of Catholic Men and National Council of Catholic Women, 1966.
• Ecumenism
Ecumenism
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, the Spirit and Worship (editor). Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press 1967.
• Bultmann, Barth and Catholic Theology, by Heinrich Fries (Introduction and translation). Pittsburgh: Duquesne U Press, 1967.
• Freedom in the Church. Dayton: Pflaum Press, 1969.
• Bishops and People (author, editor, and translator with Arlene Swidler). Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1970.
• Women Priests in the Catholic Church? by Haye van der Meer (Introduction, postscript, and translation with Arlene Swidler). Philadelphia: Temple University Press,1973.
• Isj and Isjah (joint author with Jan Kerkhofs). Antwerp/Utrecht: Uitgeverij Patmos, 1973.
• Jews and Christians in Dialogue (editor). Philadelphia: Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 1975.
• Women in Judaism. The Status of Women in Formative Judaism. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1976.
• The Eucharist
Eucharist
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in Ecumenical Dialogue (ed.). New York: Paulist, 1976; & as Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 13, 2 (Spring, 1976).
• Bloodwitness for Peace and Unity. Denville, NJ: Dimension Books, 1977.
• Women Priests: Catholic Commentary on the Vatican Declaration (co-edited with A. Swidler). New York: Paulist Press, 1977.
• Jewish-Christian-Muslim Dialogue (editor). Philadelphia: Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 1978.
• Aufklärung Catholicism 1780-1850. Missoula, MT: Scholars Press, 1978.
• A Commentary on the Oberammergau
Oberammergau
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Passionspiel in regard to Its Image of Jews and Judaism. New York: ADL, 1978.
• Biblical Affirmations of Woman. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1979 (4th printing, 1991).
• Consensus in Theology? A Dialogue with Hans Küng
Hans Küng
Hans Küng is a Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and prolific author. Since 1995 he has been President of the Foundation for a Global Ethic . Küng is "a Catholic priest in good standing", but the Vatican has rescinded his authority to teach Catholic theology...
and Edward Schillebeeckx
Edward Schillebeeckx
Edward Cornelis Florentius Alfonsus Schillebeeckx was a Belgian Roman Catholic theologian born in Antwerp. He taught at the Catholic University in Nijmegen. He then continued writing. In his nineties, he still wanted to finish a major book about the Sacraments.He was a member of the Dominican Order...
(editor and co-author). Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1980; also as Journal of Ecumenical Studies, vol. 17, no. 1 (Winter,1980).
• Jewish Monotheism and Christian Trinitarian Doctrine, by Pinchas Lapide
Pinchas Lapide
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and Jürgen Moltmann
Jürgen Moltmann
Jürgen Moltmann is a German Reformed theologian. The 2000 recipient of the Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion.-Moltmann's Youth:...
(Introduction and translation). Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1980.
• The Oberammergau Passionspiel 1984 (Das Oberammergauer Passionspiel 1984). New York: Anti-Defamation League
Anti-Defamation League
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, 1980.
• From Holocaust to Dialogue: A Jewish-Christian Dialogue between Americans and Germans (editor and co-author). Philadelphia: Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 1981.
• Küng in Conflict. New York: Doubleday, 1981.
• Authority in the Church and the Schillebeeckx Case (co-editor with Piet Fransen & co-author). New York: Crossroad, 1982; also as JES, 19, 2 (Spring, 1982).
• Tractate on the Jews by Franz Mussner (translation and Introduction). Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984.
• The Passion of the Jew Jesus (Das Leiden des Juden Jesus) New York: Anti-Defamation League
Anti-Defamation League
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, 1984.
• Buddhism Made Plain (co-author with Antony Fernando). Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1984 (7th printing, 1996).
• Editor and founder of Templum, Religion Department Newsletter, Temple University, 1985--.
• Religious Liberty and Human Rights
Human rights
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(editor & author). New York/Philadelphia: Hippocrene Books/Ecumenical Press, 1986.
• “Breaking down the Wall” between Americans & East Germans,Christians and Jews (editor & author). Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987.
• Church in Anguish: Has the Vatican Betrayed Vatican II? (co-ed. with Hans Küng, & author). San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1987.
• Toward a Universal Theology of Religion (editor and author). Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1987.
• A Catholic Bill of Rights (co-editor with Patrick Connor and author). Kansas City: Sheed & Ward, 1988.
• Catholic-Communist Collaboration in Italy (co-editor with Edward Grace and author). Lanham MD: University Press of America, 1988.
• Yeshua: A Model for Moderns. Kansas City: Sheed & Ward, 1988; 2nd expanded edition, 1993.
• Cristâos e Nâo-Christâos em Diålogo (Christians and Non-Christians in Dialogue─Portuguese). Sâo Paulo: Ediçiôes Paulinas, 1988.
• After the Absolute: The Dialogical Future of Religious Reflection. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1990.
• Death or Dialogue. From the Age of Monologue
Monologue
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to the Age of Dialogue
Dialogue
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(with John Cobb
John Cobb
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, Monika Hellwig, and Paul F. Knitter
Paul F. Knitter
Paul F. Knitter is the Paul Tillich Professor of Theology, World Religions and Culture at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. He was formerly Emeritus Professor of Theology at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since publishing his acclaimed book, No Other Name? , Knitter has...
Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1990.
• Bursting the Bonds. A Jewish-Christian Dialogue on Jesus and Paul (editor & co-author with Gerard Sloyan, Lewis Eron, and Lester Dean). Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1990.
• Attitudes of Religions and Ideologies towards the Outsider: The Other (co-ed. with Paul Mojzes & author). NY: Mellen Press, 1990.
• A Bridge to Buddhist-Christian Dialogue (co-author with and trans. of Seiichi Yagi). Mahwah NJ: Paulist Press, 1990.
• Christian Mission and Interreligious Dialogue (co-editor with Paul Mojzes and author). New York: Edwin Mellen Press
Edwin Mellen Press
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, 1990.
• “Alle Christen haben das Recht...” (co-editor with Patrick Connor author). Munich: Kösel Verlag, 1990.
• Human Rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
: Christians, Marxists and Others in Dialogue (editor/author). New York: Paragon House, 1991.
• Der umstrittene Jesus. Stuttgart: Quell Verlag, 1991. Kaiser Taschenbuch. Gütersloh: Chr. Kaiser/Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 1993.
• Muslims in Dialogue
Dialogue
Dialogue is a literary and theatrical form consisting of a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people....
. The Evolution of a Dialogue
Dialogue
Dialogue is a literary and theatrical form consisting of a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people....
over a Generation (editor/author). New York: E. Mellen Press 1992.
• My Witness For the Church, by Bernard Häring. Translation and Introduction. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1992.
• The Meaning of Life At the Edge of the Third Millennium. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1992.
• Die Zukunft der Theologie im Dialog der Religionen und Weltanschauungen. Regensburg/Munich: Pustet/Kaiser Verlag, 1992.
• Introduzione al buddismo. Paralleli con l’etica ebraico-cristiana (co-author w. Antony Fernando). Bologna: Edizioni Dehoniane,1992.
• IESHUA - Jesus histórico, Cristologia, Ecumenismo. Sâo Paulo: Ediçiôes Paulinas, 1993.
• Yeshua: Gendaijin no Moderu Iesu (translated by Seiichi Yagi). Tokyo, Shinkyo Shuppansha Pub. Co., 1994.
• Suffering From the Church, by Heinrich Fries. Introduction &trans. with Arlene Swidler. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1995.
• O Sentido da Vida no Limiar do Terceiro milênio (The Meaning of Life). Sâo Paulo: Paulus, 1996).
• Toward a Catholic Constitution. New York: Crossroad Press, 1996.
• Bulgyo wa Grisdogyo Rulita (Buddhism Made Plain). Benedict Press. Waegwan, Korea, 1996.
• The Uniqueness of Jesus, co-editor with Paul Mojzes. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1997.
• Theoria—>Praxis. How Jews, Christians, Muslims Can Together Move From Theory to Practice. Antwerp: Peeters Publi., 1998.
• For All Life. Toward a Universal Declaration of a Global Ethic
Global ethic
Towards a Global Ethic: An Initial Declaration is an interfaith declaration, drafted initially by Dr. Hans Küng, in cooperation with the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions staff and Trustees and experts...
: An Interreligious Dialogue. Ashland: White Cloud Press, 1999.
• The Study of Religion in an Age of Global Dialogue (co-author with Paul Mojzes). Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2000.
• Dupa absolut. Viitorul dialogic al reflectiei religioase. Cluj, Romania: Limes, 2003.
• Interreligious Dialogue Toward Reconciliation in Macedonia and Bosnia, co-editor with Paul Mojzes and Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven. Philadelphia: Ecumenical Press, 2003
• After the Absolute (Korean - tr. Chan-Su Yi). Seoul: Ehwa University Press, 2003.
• Dialogue in Malaysia and the Globe. Kuala Lumpur. University of Malaya, 2004.
• Our Understanding of Ultimate Reality Shapes Our Actions. Kuala Lumpur. University of Malaya, 2004.
• Confucianism in Dialogue Today. West, Christianity, and Judaism (co-editor with Shu-hsien Liu and John Berthrong). Philadelphia: Ecumenical Press, 2005.
• Изучуьањето на релиґиата во ерата на глобалнот дијалог (The Study of Religion). Macedonian Translation by Slobadanka Markovska. Skopje, Macdonia: Tempjum, 2005.
• Quanqiu Duihua de Shidai. The Age of Global Dialogue. Trans. by Lihua Liu. Beijing: China Social Science Press, 2006.
• Making the Church Our Own. How We Can Reform the Catholic Church from the Ground Up. Lanham, MD: Sheed & Ward, 2007.
• Jesus Was a Feminist. What the Gospels Reveal about His Revolutionary Perspective. Lanham, MD: Sheed & Ward, 2007.
• Trialogue. Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Dialogue. New London, CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 2007.
• A Global Ethic. Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 42, 3 (Summer, 2007), editor/author.
• Editor of the book series: Religions In Dialogue, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1990–.
• Editor and co-founder (with Arlene Swidler) of the Journal of Ecumenical Studies (quarterly), 1964–.
External links
- http://www.temple.edu/religion/swidler/index.html
- http://institute.jesdialogue.org/
- http://journal.jesdialogue.org/
- http://institute.jesdialogue.org/about/staff/
- http://astro.temple.edu/~swidler/swidler_cv-final.html
- http://astro.temple.edu/~swidler/autobiographical_fragments.htm
- http://astro.temple.edu/~swidler/swidlerbooks/index.htm
- http://www.arcc-catholic-rights.net/
- http://www.crosscurrents.org/swidler.htm
- http://irdialogue.org/articles/on-campus-articles/on-founding-a-field-an-interview-with-leonard-swidler-by-joshua-stanton/