D&a 22-1 Cover "the Time To Act Is Now"

DIALOGUE & ALLIANCE

A Journal of the Inter-Religious Federation for World Peace

Vol. 22, No. 1 • Spring/Summer 2008

Spring/Summer 2008 Vol. 22, No. 1

Issue Theme:

The Time to Act Is Now

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Frank F. Kaufmann MANAGING EDITOR Kanae Sueishi BOOK REVIEW EDITOR Jennifer Tanabe EDITORIAL BOARD Wande Abimbola (Nigeria) Syed Ausaf Ali (India) Arabinda Basu (India) Eduardo Chavez (Brazil) Cromwell S. Crawford (USA) Hu-Hsiang Fung (Taiwan) Andrew Gonzalez (Philippines)

Dialogue and Alliance A Journal of the Inter-Religious Federation for World Peace, and the Universal Peace Federation Spring/Summer 2008 Vol.22, No.1 Dialogue & Alliance is published twice yearly. Its purpose is to increase interreligious cooperation as a means to promote world peace.

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