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Wieder im Blickfeld: Die spirituelle Reise von Leonard Swidler — zum Glauben und zum Dialog der Religionen

LEONARD SWIDLER (06.01.1929 - 23.03.2026)
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River Adams: There must Be You.
Leonard Swidler’sJourney to Faith and Dialogue.
Benton, Searcy, AR (USA): Resource Publications (Wipf und Stock Publishers) 2014, 304 S. >>> Bibliographische Details bei Amazon mit Leseprobe: https://www.amazon.de/There-Must-Be-YOU-Swidlers/dp/1498202136











We live in the era of dialogue, an era Leonard Swidler helped birth. The son of a Jewish Ukrainian immigrant and an Irish Catholic, he set out as a boy to become an intellectual and a saint.


There Must Be YOU

explores how and why this aspiring Norbertine priest emerged to become

the Professor Swidler of today at Temple University: a teacher, a

reformer of the church, a preeminent

feminist, and one of the fathers of interreligious dialogue. He argues

passionately that dialogue is a matter of more than peacemaking, but of

living an authentically human life. Len’s journey begins at the start of

the Great Depression, and represents the

very turmoil and growth of American modernity: our search for faith,

our struggle with diversity, and our fight for social justice.




Written by Len’s colleague and friend, River Adams,

this book offers education, inspiration, and challenge through the

remarkable stories of Len’s life, conversations with him, and excursions

into world history that made him who he is.

We turn the last page having laughed with Len and argued with him, and

having dialogued more deeply with our own lives.






Die Autorin / the author:

Homepage von River Adams >>>


River Adams grew up a classically trained pianist in Soviet Russia, came to America as a Jewish refugee, and became a Christian by way of conversion. She is an alumna of  Harvard Divinity School and a former Assistant Professor of Catholic Studies at Rosemont College. She writes on biblical themes and on themes of peace and justice, and she runs a blog on faith and theology.