Interreligious theology : its value and mooring in modern Jewish philosophy / Ephraim Meir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meir, Ephraim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Religion--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the first greater attempt to construct a dialogical theology from a Jewish point of view. It contributes to an emerging new theology that promotes the interrelatedness of religions in which encounter, openness, hospitality and permanent learning are central. The monograph is about the self and the other, inner and outer, own and strange; about borders and crossing borders, and about the sublime activities of passing and translating. Meir analyses and critically discusses the writings of great contemporary Jewish dialogical thinkers and argues that the values of interreligious theology are moored in their thoughts. In his view interreligious dialogue supposes attentive listening, humility, a critical attitude towards oneself and others, a good amount of self-relativism and humor. It is about proximity, dialogical reading, engagement and interconnectedness.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. Jewish Dialogical Thinkers and Interreligiosity

Chapter 2. Buddhist Thought and Heschel’s Jewish Philosophy: An Encounter

Chapter 3. Successful Interreligiosity: A Case Study

Chapter 4. Building Blocks for Interreligious Dialogue and Theology

Chapter 5. The Buber-Rosenzweig Bible Translation as a Jewish Dialogical Enterprise

Chapter 6. German-Jewish Religious Thinkers as Jews and Germans

Chapter 7. On the Necessity of Trans-Difference

Chapter 8. Constructing Religious Identity

Chapter 9. Interreligious Exegesis: An Example

Chapter 10. Dialogical Philosophy and Social Transformation

Chapter 11. Interreligious Theology as a New Kind of Theology

Chapter 12. Beyond the Boundaries

postscriptum

Bibliography

Index of Subjects

Index of Names

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 19, 2015).

ISBN:

9783110430516

3110430517

9783110430455

3110430452

OCLC:

920790387