The Prospects and Perils of Catholic-Muslim Dialogue

Robert Reilly provides an assessment of the prospects for dialogue between the Catholic Church and Islam. In particular, he highlights the problems posed by their different views of God and humanity. Christian-Muslim dialogue can be meaningful and fruitful, but only if both affirm a God who is reason and that humans possess inalienable rights.

Robert R. Reilly Robert R. Reilly is a senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Reader’s Digest, and National Review, among many other publications. A former director of the Voice of America, he has taught at the National Defense University and served in the White House and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He is a member of the board of the Westminster Institute and of the Middle East Media Research Institute.