How to do comparative theology / Francis X. Clooney, S.J., and Karl von Stosch, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clooney, Francis X. (Francis Xavier), 1950- editor.

Stosch, Klaus von, 1971- editor.

Series:

Comparative theology--thinking across traditions

Comparative theology : thinking across traditions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Methodology.

Religion.

Physical Description:

viii, 372 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2018.

Summary:

For a generation and more, the contribution of Christian theology to interreligious understanding has been a subject of debate. Some think theological perspectives are of themselves inherently too narrow to support interreligious learning and argue for an approach that is neutral or, on a more popular level, grounded simply in open-minded, direct experience. In response, comparative theology argues that theology, as faith seeking understanding, offers a vital perspectives and a way of advancing interreligious dialogue, aided rather than hindered by commitments; theological perspectives can both complement and step beyond the study of religions by methods detached and merely neutral. How to Do Comparative Theology contributes to the maturation of method in the field of comparative theological studies, learning across religious borders, by bringing together essays drawing on different Christian traditions of learning. Judaism and Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism, the wisdom of senior scholars, and insights from a younger generation of scholars who have studied theology and religion in new ways and are more attuned to the language of the "spiritual but not religious." It therefore shows the diversity and coherence of comparative theology as an emerging discipline today. Book jacket.

Contents:

I Doing Comparative Theology-as Theology

1 The Problem of Choice in Comparative Theology / Catherine Cornille Cornille, Catherine 19

2 Reflecting on Approaches to Jesus in the Qur'an from the Perspective of Comparative Theology / Klaus von Stosch Stosch, Klaus von 37

3 The Moment of Truth: Comparative and Dogmatic Theology / Aaron Langenfeld Langenfeld, Aaron 59

4 Rhetorics of Theological One-Upsmanship in Christianity and Buddhism: Athanasius's Polemic Against the Arians and Vasubandhu's Refutation of Pudgalavada Buddhism / Hugh Nicholson Nicholson, Hugh 72

5 "An Interpreter and Not a Judge": Insights into a Christian-Islamic Comparative Theology / Axel Marc Oaks Takács Takács, Axel Marc Oaks 98

6 On Some Suspicions Regarding Comparative Theology / Glenn K. Willis Willis, Glenn K. 122

II Comparative Theology Is What Comparative Theology Does

7 Embodiment, Anthropology, and Comparison: Thinking-Feeling with Non-Dual Saivism / Michelle Voss Roberts Roberts, Michelle Voss 137

8 Comparative Theology After the Shoah: Risks, Pivots, and Opportunities of Comparing Traditions / Marianne Moyaert Moyaert, Marianne 164

9 Using Comparative Insights in Developing Kalam: A Personal Reflection on Being Trained in Comparative Theology / Muna Tatari Tatari, Muna 188

10 Difficult Remainders: Seeking Comparative Theology's Really Difficult Other / Francis X. Clooney, S.J. S.J., Francis X. Clooney, 206

11 Sagi Nahor-Enough Light: Dialectic Tension Between Luminescent Resonance and Blind Assumption in Comparative Theology / Shoshana Razel Gordon-Guedalia Gordon-Guedalia, Shoshana Razel 229

III Recognizing Comparative Theology by Its Fruits

12 Methodological Considerations on the Role of Experience in Comparative Theology / Emma O'Donnell O'Donnell, Emma 259

13 Incarnational Speech: Comparative Theology as Learning to Hear and Preach / Brad Bannon Bannon, Brad 271

14 Living Interreligiously: On the "Pastoral Style" of Comparative Theology / Michael Barnes, S.J. S.J., Michael Barnes, 301

15 Theologizing for the Yoga Community? Commitment and Hybridity in Comparative Theology / Stephanie Corigliano Corigliano, Stephanie 324.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780823278411

0823278417

0823278409

9780823278404

OCLC:

992432788

Publisher Number:

99974957325