Fragile identities [electronic resource] : towards a theology of interreligious hospitality / Marianne Moyaert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moyaert, Marianne.

Series:

Currents of encounter ; v. 39.

Currents of encounter ; v. 39

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religions.

Open theism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Interreligious dialogue is one of the major challenges confronting contemporary theology. In particular, the so-called “dialogical tension” between openness and identity has been a central issue: Can one maintain one’s religious identity without closing oneself off from the other? In general, Christian reflection on interreligious dialogue begins with a theological reflection on religious plurality that assumes that one cannot engage seriously in interreligious dialogue without a sound theology of religions. In this book Marianne Moyaert critically assesses the various models for a Christian theology of religions (exclusivism, inclusivism, pluralism, particularism) by asking how these models relate to the dialogical tension between openness and identity. She argues that we need to overcome the classical theological approach of religious plurality and move in the direction of a theological hermeneutics of interreligious hospitality. To that end she turns to the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur, whose philosophical and hermeneutical insights can give a new turn to the discussion of the criteria, possibilities, and particularly the limits of interreligious dialogue.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

The Theology of Religions

The Theology of Religions and the Tension between Openness and Closedness

A Critique of the Pluralist Model of Interreligious Dialogue

The Cultural Linguistic Theory, Postliberalism, and Religious Incommensurability

The End of Dialogue?: A Theological Critique of Postliberalism

Interreligious Dialogue and Hermeneutical Openness

Testimony and Openness: A Theological Perspective

Bibliography

Index of Subjects

Index of Names.

Notes:

"A different version of chapter six (201-19) originally appeared in Horizons: the journal fo the College Theology Society 36 (2009) ... and a shorter version of chapter six (219-32) in Exchange: journal of missiological and ecumenical research 37 (2008)"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-00932-3

9786613009326

90-420-3280-4

OCLC:

707068808

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789042032804 DOI