Circling the elephant : a comparative theology of religious diversity / John J. Thatamanil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thatamanil, John J., author.

Series:

Comparative theology.

Fordham scholarship online.

Comparative theology

Fordham scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and other religions.

Religious pluralism.

Religions--Relations.

Religions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2021.

Summary:

This text argues that Christian theology must be done in conversation with other religions. The work integrates theology of religious diversity, comparative theology, and constructive theology by moving beyond reified accounts of 'religions' that make interreligious learning impossible. The author proposes a new theory of the religious that celebrates interreligious learning.

Contents:

Preface : autobiography and comparative theology

Introduction : revisiting an old tale

Religious difference and Christian theology : thinking about, thinking with, and thinking through

The limits and promise of exclusivism and inclusivism : assessing major options in theologies of religious diversity

No one ascends alone : toward a relational pluralism

Comparative theology after religion?

Defining the religious : comprehensive qualitative orientation

The hospitality of receiving : Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and interreligious learning

God as ground, singularity, and relation : trinity and religious diversity

This is not a conclusion.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 3, 2020).

This edition previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780823290314

082329031X

9780823288533

0823288536