Translating religion / Mary Doak and Anita Houck, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Doak, Mary, 1961-

Houck, Anita.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and culture.

Christianity.

Christianity and other religions.

Physical Description:

viii, 228 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Maryknoll : Orbis Books, [2013]

Summary:

A peer-reviewed collection of original essays on how faith and religious traditions are "translated" by language, culture, context, migration, or other factors. I. After Babel: Toward Theory and Method in Translating Religion Richard Ascough, Queen's School of Religion; Karen B. Enriquez, Xavier University (Ohio) and Catherine Punsalan-Manlimos, Seattle University; Kristin Colberg, College of St. Benedict/St. John's University; Okechukwu Camillus Njoku, Duquesne University, II. Reading the Word, Read by the World: Christianity in Translation Nancy Pineda-Madrid, Boston College; Janice A. Thompson, King's College; Tobias Winright, St. Louis University; Michael Baxter, DePaul University; Dennis M. Doyle, University of Dayton, III. Of Elephants and Grapes: Translating among Religions Bahar Davary, University of San Diego; Ruben L. F. Habito, Southern Methodist University; Bridget O'Brien, University of Notre Dame; John Sniegocki, Xavier University (Ohio); Reid B. Locklin, St. Michael's College (Toronto) Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction. "Can you explain purgatory in terms of karma?" / Anita Houck and Mary Doak

PART I. AFTER BABEL: TOWARD THEORY AND METHOD IN TRANSLATING RELIGION

Meals, memories, and methods: (re-)constructing the origins of "Christianity" / Richard S. Ascough

Filipin@ in America in search of a theological method: spiritual practice as a starting point / Karen B. Enriquez and Catherine Punsalan-Manlimos

Walter Kasper on translating the message of Christian hope today / Kristin Colberg

Translating the divine in encounter of the gospel and cultures: a pneumatological perspective / Okechukwu Camillus Njoku

PART II. READING THE WORD, READ BY THE WORLD: CHRISTIANITY IN TRANSLATION

Social salvation in the shadow of feminicide / Nancy Pineda-Madrid

Translating the other: political and liberation theologies in dialogue / Janice A. Thompson

Liturgy and (God's) justice for all: the Eucharist as theological basis for translating recent Catholic teaching on capital punishment / Tobias Winright

On not getting lost in translation: the gospel, the natural law, and public theology / Michael J. Baxter

Contextual theology and translation of the gospel: themes for an introductory course / Dennis M. Doyle

PART III. OF ELEPHANTS AND GRAPES: TRANSLATING AMONG RELIGIONS

Translating ecology and the sacred: a dialogical reflection / Bahar Davary

Zen and Christian: God-talk out of silence / Ruben L. F. Habito

Translating God's fidelity: Jürgen Moltmann, Melissa Raphael, and Jewish-Christian conversations about God after Auschwitz / Fridget O'Brian

Socially engaged Buddhism and Catholic social teaching / John Sniegocki

Looking for love in all the wrong places: Agape in recent Hindu-Christian comparative theology / Reid B. Locklin

List of contributors.

Notes:

"College Theology Society annual volume 58, 2012."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781626980181

1626980187

OCLC:

826859571