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John D’Arcy May, b. Melbourne, Australia, 1942. STL Gregoriana, Rome, 1969; Dr. theol. (Ecumenics) Münster, 1975; wissenschaftlicher Assistent at Catholic Ecumenical Institute, Faculty of Catholic Theology, Univ. of Münster, 1975-1982; Dr. phil. (History of Religions) Frankfurt, 1983; Ecumenical Research Officer with Melanesian Council of Churches, Port Moresby, and Research Associate at the Melanesian Institute, Goroka, Papua New Guinea, 1983-87; Director, Irish School of Ecumenics, Dublin, 1987-1990; now Associate Professor of Interfaith Dialogue, ISE, and Fellow of Trinity College Dublin. Visiting professor in Fribourg, Switzerland (1982); Frankfurt, Germany (1988); Wollongong, Australia (1994); Tilburg, Netherlands (1996); Australian Catholic University, Sydney (2001); Istituto Trentino di Cultura, Italy (2006).
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Publications include:
Meaning, Consensus and Dialogue in Buddhist-Christian Communication: A Study in the Construction of Meaning (Berne: Peter Lang, 1984)
[ed.] Living Theology in Melanesia: A Reader (Goroka: The Melanesian Institute, 1985)
Christus Initiator. Theologie im Pazifik (Düsseldorf: Patmos, 1990)
[ed.] Pluralism and the Religions: The Theological and Political Dimensions (London: Cassell, 1998)
After Pluralism: Towards an Interreligious Ethic (Münster-Hamburg-London: Lit Verlag, 2000)
Transcendence and Violence: The Encounter of Buddhist, Christian and Primal Traditions (New York and London: Continuum, 2003)
[ed.] Converging Ways? Conversion and Belonging in Buddhism and Christianity (St Ottilien: EOS Verlag, 2006)