Gavin D'Costa

Christianity and World Religions

Disputed Questions in the Theology of Religions

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An engaging and accessible introduction to Christianity's relationship with other world religions, addressing the questions of why the reality, and vitality, of other religions has become a challenge, and showing how Christianity is equipped to deal with religious plurality at both the doctrinal and social level.
Timely and accessible, this book tackles the question of why the reality, and vitality, of other religions has become a challenge for Christianity
Makes a decisive contribution to debates about the clash between Islam and the West, arguing that the major threat to religious freedoms come from secularism, and that Islam and Christianity both have the resources to develop a vibrant and pluralist public square; one informed by intellectual rigor and debate
Considers the wider issue of how modernity has defined 'religion', and provides a substantial critique of secular ways of controlling religions
Shows how Christianity is very well suited to deal with religious plurality at the doctrinal and social level
Addresses the core issues and describes the various answers that have been proposed in recent years - making it an ideal introduction to the field, and one which will stimulate ideas and discussions

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9781405176736
• ISBN-10: 1405176733
• Artikelnr.: 25622951

Autorenporträt

Gavin D'Costa is Professor of Christian Theology at Bristol University. He also works with the Church of England and Roman Catholic Committees on Other Faiths, and the Pontifical Council for Other Faiths, Vatican City, advising these communities on theological issues. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Theology and the Public Square (Wiley-Blackwell, 2005), Sexing the Trinity (2000), and The Meeting of Religions and the Trinity (2000).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface ix
Part I: Charting the Territory: Theology of Religions 1
1 Early Map Making 3
Introduction 3
Pluralism 9
Inclusivism 19
Exclusivism 25
2 Changing the Angle: Recent Maps 34
Some Criticisms of the Threefold Typology 34
Comparative Theology 37
Postmodern Postliberalism 45
Part II: The Making and Meaning of Religions 55
3 Modernity's Story 57
Introduction 57
Modernity's Story about Religions 58
4 An Alternative: The Secular Construction of the Sacred Modernity as the
Establishment of a New Ruling 74
Religion 74
Conclusion 102
Part III: Religions in the Public Square 103
5 Whose Religion and Which Public Square? 105
The Public Square 105
A Taxonomy of Secular Modernity and Postmodernity 107
6 Christian and Muslim Public Squares 128
Roman Catholicism, Modernity and Religious Plurality 128
Islam, Reasoned Debate, and Religious Plurality 136
Part IV: Christ's Descent into Hell 159
7 Old Doctrines for New Jobs 161
Introduction 161
"The Descent": Introduction to the "Circles of Hell" 165
The Limbo of the Just and the Unevangelized 167
8 Further into the Inferno 188
Purgatory and the Non-Christian 188
The Children's Limbo 194
The Descent into Hell 201
Bibliography 212
Subject Index 225
Index of Works 233

Rezensionen

"The deepest challenge to global Christianity is in its relation to world religions. Informative and thought-provoking, this book tackles one of the most heated issues of the time: the interactions within religious pluralism. Old-timers and newcomers to disputes over these 'disputed questions' will not walk away from this book casually or apathetically. It is provocative and, yes, challenging." Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago

"All in all, D'Costa should be commended for writingan excellent book. This work is a wonderful contribution to theconversation regarding Christianity and non-Christian religions. Ihighly recommend it for all persons interested in the theology ofreligions, as well as any Christian looking for new ways tounderstand the possibility of salvation fornon-Christians." (The International Journal ofPublic Theology, 1 December 2012)

"I warmly encourage readers in each to take it up and read."(One in Christ, July 2010) "For a generation which isreasserting its Catholic identity, this thesis may serve a valuablepurpose, calming the anxieties of those who, admirable, havemanaged to maintain an interest in the salvation of non-Christiansyet are as hard put to win converts as their more pluralistco-religionists." (The Way, January 2010)

"His gazetteer of these regions at the edge of theeschatological map is fascinating. The closing pages are asperceptive a meditation on what the dereliction of the cross canand cannot mean as we might expect to find in a first-rate bookdevoted entirely to that subject." (Chruch Times, December2009)"The deepest challenge to global Christianity is in its relation toworld religions. Informative and thought-provoking, this booktackles one of the most heated issues of the time: the interactionswithin religious pluralism. Old-timers and newcomers to disputesover these 'disputed questions' will not walk away from this bookcasually or apathetically. It is provocative and, yes,challenging."
-Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago

"In this book, Gavin D'Costa continues to push and stretchestablished categories and traditional doctrines to provide highlyoriginal and deeply provocative thoughts on the relationshipbetween Christianity and other religions and on the role ofreligion in the public square. And his approach to thequestion of the salvation of non-Christians in terms of Christ'sdescent into hell will undoubtedly be the focus of heateddiscussion in the theology of religions for years to come."
-Catherine Cornille, Associate Professor of ComparativeTheology at Boston College, Author of The Im-Possibility ofInterreligious Dialogue.