Brian D. Birch

BRIAN D. BIRCH {[email protected]} is the director of the Religious Studies Program and Center for the Study of Ethics at Utah Valley University where he teaches philosophy of religion, ethics, and Mormon Studies. He is the founding editor of Element: The Journal of the Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology and co-editor of the Perspectives on Mormon Theology series.

“A Portion of God’s Light”: Mormonism and Religious Pluralism

Articles/Essays – Volume 51, No. 2

In 2015, the Catholic Church celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its landmark proclamation Nostra aetate. As one of the key documents of the Second Vatican Council, Nostra aetate laid the foundation for contemporary Catholic interreligious engagement. Promulgated by Pope Paul VI, the document opened up multiple pathways to dialogue and identified the theological parameters within which these dialogues and collaborative projects could be undertaken.