Postcolonial theology of religions : particularity and pluralism in world Christianity / Jenny Daggers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daggers, Jenny, 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postcolonial theology.

Theology of religions (Christian theology).

Christianity and other religions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This original and ambitious book considers the terms of engagement between Christian theology and other religious traditions, beginning with criticism of Christian theology of religions as entangled with European colonial modernity. Jenny Daggers covers recent efforts to disentangle Eurocentrism from the meeting of the religions, and investigates new constructive possibilities arising in the postcolonial context. In dialogue with Asian and feminist theologies, she reflects on ways forward for relations between the religions and offers a particularist model for theology of religions, standin

Contents:

pt. 1. Colonial entaglement

pt. 2. Postcolonial disentangling.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

ISBN:

1-135-03898-8

0-203-77429-9

1-135-03899-6

9780203774298

OCLC:

847526861