| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Comparative Theology: Thinking Across Traditions Ser. ; v. 2 |
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Comparative theology--thinking across traditions.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: I. Doing Comparative Theology-as Theology -- 1. Problem of Choice in Comparative Theology / Catherine Cornille -- 2. Reflecting on Approaches to Jesus in the Qur'an from the Perspective of Comparative Theology / Klaus Von Stosch -- 3. Moment of Truth: Comparative and Dogmatic Theology / Aaron Langenfeld -- 4. Rhetorics of Theological One-Upsmanship in Christianity and Buddhism: Athanasius's Polemic Against the Arians and Vasubandhu's Refutation of Pudgalavada Buddhism / Hugh Nicholson -- 5. "An Interpreter and Not a Judge": Insights into a Christian-Islamic Comparative Theology / Axel Marc Oaks Takacs -- 6. On Some Suspicions Regarding Comparative Theology / Glenn R. Willis -- II. Comparative Theology Is What Comparative Theology Does -- 7. Embodiment, Anthropology, and Comparison: Thinking-Feeling with Non-Dual Saivism / Michelle Voss Roberts -- 8. Comparative Theology After the Shoah: Risks, Pivots, and Opportunities of Comparing Traditions / Marianne Moyaert -- 9. Using Comparative Insights in Developing Kalam: A Personal Reflection on Being Trained in Comparative Theology / Muna Tatari -- 10. Difficult Remainders: Seeking Comparative Theology's Really Difficult Other / Francis X. Clooney -- 11. Sagi Nahor -- Enough Light: Dialectic Tension Between Luminescent Resonance and Blind Assumption in Comparative Theology / Shoshana Razel Gordon-Guedalia -- III. Recognizing Comparative Theology by Its Fruits -- 12. Methodological Considerations on the Role of Experience in Comparative Theology / Emma O'Donnell -- 13. Incarnational Speech: Comparative Theology as Learning to Hear and Preach / Brad Bannon -- 14. Living Interreligiously: On the "Pastoral Style" of Comparative Theology / Michael Barnes -- 15. Theologizing for the Yoga Community? Commitment and Hybridity in Comparative Theology / Stephanie Corigliano |
| Summary |
How To Do Comparative Theology clarifies method in comparative theology, dialogical learning, showcasing scholars doing theological work interreligiously. The group is diverse by age and stage of career, gender, religions studied, location in the United States and Europe. Yet the essays manifest coherence in intent, commitment to learning from the other, and confidence regarding the benefits of the questions and challenges arising |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Religion -- Methodology
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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RELIGION -- Theology.
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Religion -- Methodology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Clooney, Francis X. (Francis Xavier), 1950- editor.
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Stosch, Klaus von, 1971- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780823278435 |
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0823278433 |
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