Modest claims : dialogues and essays on tolerance and tradition / Adam B. Seligman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seligman, Adam B., 1954-

Series:

Erasmus Institute books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious tolerance.

Religions--Relations.

Religions.

Relations.

Physical Description:

xvi, 216 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, [2004]

Summary:

Modest Claims, which features essays by Seligman and dialogues between scholars representing the three monotheistic faiths, provides the beginnings of a very different set of arguments on tolerance and tradition. In so doing it seeks to uncover the sources of toleration and pluralism that exist within the traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Most contemporary approaches leave these sources largely unexplored and often marginalize them in current public debates and social agendas. Seligman and his dialogue partners seek to engage traditional understandings to uncover internal components that make dialogue between different religions and cultures possible. Espousing the idea of translation as a metaphor for the tolerant act, Modest Claims takes difference seriously as an aspect of existence that can be neither trivialized nor ignored. It explores and develops specifically religious arguments for tolerance and acceptance of others, as well as new strategies for understanding difference that are not rooted in individualist worldviews.

Contents:

The first dialogue : on pluralism, religious liberty, and definitions of community

The second dialogue : on the boundaries and meanings of revelation

The third dialogue : on power and historical contexts

Towards a phenomenology of religious tolerance

Conclusion : languages of tolerance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-203) and index.

ISBN:

0268041067

0268041075

OCLC:

53483630