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The religious concordance : Nicholas of Cusa and Christian-Muslim dialogue / by Joshua Hollmann.
Van Pelt Library BX4705.N58 H65 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hollmann, Joshua, author.
- Series:
- Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 185.
- Studies in the history of Christian traditions, 1573-5664 ; volume 185
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nicholas, of Cusa, Cardinal, 1401-1464.
- Nicholas.
- Islam--Relations--Christianity.
- Islam.
- Relations.
- Christianity.
- Christianity and other religions--Islam.
- Christianity and other religions.
- Interfaith relations.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 245 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
- Summary:
- In?The Religious Concordance: Nicholas of Cusa and Christian-Muslim Dialogue?, Joshua Hollmann examines Nicholas of Cusa?s unique Christocentric approach to Islam. While many late medieval Christians responded to the fall of Constantinople with polemic, Nicholas of Cusa wrote a peaceful dialogue (De pace fidei) between Christians and Muslims as synthesis of religious concordance through the person and work of Jesus Christ. Nicholas of Cusa?s Christ-centered dialogue with Muslims sheds further light on his broader Christ centered theology over his entire career as philosopher and theologian. Drawing upon Nicholas of Cusa?s philosophical foundations for religious dialogue and peace, Joshua Hollmann convincingly proves that Cusa constructively understands religious diversity through the concordance of religion as centred in Christ.
- Contents:
- 1 The Prayer for Peace 19
- The Illuminative Word 24
- The Dialectical Word 30
- The Hierarchical Word 34
- The Conversational Word 39
- 2 The Search for Peace 48
- Nicholas of Cusa's Journeys 48
- The Search for Reform 56
- Ascending the Summit of Religious Peace 62
- Late Medieval Christian Approaches to Islam 77
- 3 The Mind's Road to Peace 87
- Hierarchical Dialectics of Peace: Bonaventura's Itinerarium Mentis in Deum 90
- Blinded by the Sun: Platonic Influences 100
- From Confusion to Concordance: Reversal of Babylon and the New Pentecost 110
- 4 Seeking the Peace of the City 115
- The New Alexander: Pius II and Mehmed II 115
- War and Peace: Pius II and Nicholas of Cusa 124
- 5 Visions of Peace 143
- Envisioning Peace: De doctu ignorantia and De pace fidei 145
- Envisioning Dialogue: Nicholas of Cusa's Letter to John of Segovia 149
- Envisioning Unity: From Council to Pope to Prophet of Religious Peace 154
- 6 The Word of Peace 177
- The Unfolding Word: De docta ignorantia and De pacefidei 181
- The Magnetic Word: De concordantia catholica and De pace fidei 186
- The Inherent Word: Cribratio Alkorani and De pace fidei 188
- The Enfolding Word: De visions Dei and De pace fidei 191
- 7 For the Peace of Jerusalem 198.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-241) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hollmann, Joshua, author. Religious concordance
- ISBN:
- 9789004326774
- 9004326774
- OCLC:
- 965535039
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