Testing the boundaries : self, faith, interpretation and changing trends in religious studies / edited by Patricia Iolana and Samuel Tongue.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

'Iolana, Patricia.

Tongue, Samuel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Congresses.

Religion.

Religions--Congresses.

Religions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As individual members of various faith traditions within contemporary society we have the ability (although not always the opportunity) to create our own paradigmatic image of the Divine; moreover, as a society we can alter, transform, or even replace tho

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; SELF-IMAGE; RADICAL IMAGES OF THE FEMININE DIVINE; THE MYTH OF MARY AS A SPACE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL CONNECTION TO THE DIVINE (SELF); PART II; FAITH, HOPE AND RELIGIOUS "OTHERNESS"; HOPE AND OTHERNESS; CITIZENSHIP IN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES OF EUROPE; PART III; INTERPRETATION; THE TERM QUESTION IN CHINA; SACRED RIVER'S PURE POLLUTION; DANCING BETWEEN THE DISCIPLINES; PART IV; CHANGING TRENDS; SPIRITUAL EDUCATION; NOMADIC THEOLOGY; INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE; ENDNOTE; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Papers from a conference held 2009, University of Glasgow.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-283-14269-4

9786613142696

1-4438-2827-0

OCLC:

837640912