Interreligious learning : dialogue, spirituality, and the Christian imagination / Michael Anthony Barnes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barnes, Michael, 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and other religions.

Dialogue--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Dialogue.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 292 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Taking the theme of learning as central to the responsible practice of interfaith dialogue, Michael Barnes discusses a Christian spirituality which builds on virtues of hospitality and the welcoming of other traditions, whilst maintaining the importance of difference and particularity in the search for meaning. Each chapter explores how faith grows as a person crosses a threshold into another religious world and learns sensitivity to echoes of the known in the unknown. Encounters with the religious other, refracted through texts, conversations, artefacts and places, are used to illustrate the ancient Patristic theme of 'seeds of the Word'. Cumulatively they show that faith which learns how to engage imaginatively with another religious world constantly returns to the 'home' tradition, reinvigorated in its appreciation of the other. This book contributes to current comparative theology studies, using a theological approach to interreligious studies complementary to one based on the experience of interpersonal relations.

Contents:

The middle of things

Schools of faith

Communities of conversation

Thresholds of meaning

The art of translation

Mending memories

Channelling desire

Waiting on God

The divine imperative

Passion for justice

Tragedy and loss

Spirit of wonder

Post-face : a spirituality of dialogue.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-20986-8

1-107-22931-6

1-280-48520-5

9786613580184

1-139-22278-3

1-139-21798-4

1-139-21489-6

1-139-22449-2

1-139-22106-X

1-139-00328-3

OCLC:

775869946