A Catholic - Shiʻa engagement : faith and reason in theory and practice / edited by Anthony O'Mahony, Wulstan Peterburs and Mohammad Ali Shomali.

Papers of the first conference published under the title, Catholics and Shiʻa in dialogue, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references.

Reason, faith, and authority: a Shiʻite perspective -- Faith and reason in the Catholic tradition -- Faith and reason in Shiʻite thought -- Authority and tradition in the Catholic tradition -- Authority and tradition -- The exercise of authority in the Catholic Church -- Authority from a Shiʻite perspective -- Morality and praxis in the Catholic tradition -- The distinctiveness of Christian ethics -- Faith and morality in Islam and Christianity -- Theocentric ethics in Islam: from spiritual consciousness to moral conscience -- Moral system of Islam -- Challenges and dilemmas in making values and ideals: authorities in the making of human values -- The principles, nature and forms of Catholic dialogue in the modern world -- Interreligious dialogue in Shiʻa thought -- A Catholic perspective on interreligious dialogue -- John Paul II, Islam and the Christian-Muslim encounter -- Historical aspects of Catholic - Shiʻa dialogue in Iran -- The rule and prayer.