Leo D. Lefebure is the Matteo Ricci, S.J., Professor of Theology at Georgetown University in Washington DC. He is the author of True and Holy: Christian Scripture and Other Religions, which received the Catholic Press Association first prize in 2015 for Best Academic Book on Scripture. He is the co–author with Peter Feldmeier of The Path of Wisdom: A Christian Commentary on the Dhammapada, which received the Frederick J. Streng 2011 Book of the Year Award from the Society for Buddhist–Christian Studies of North America. His other books include: Revelation the Religions and Violence, The Buddha and the Christ, and Toward a Contemporary Wisdom Christology: A Study of Karl Rahner and Norman Pittenger. He an honorary research fellow of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Trustee Emeritus of the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions. He is a former member of the Dialogue of Catholics and Muslims in the US Midwest and of the Dialogue of Catholics and Muslims in the US Mid–Atlantic Region. He is a long–time participant in dialogues with Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists.
