John J. Thatamanil

Circling the Elephant

A Comparative Theology of Religious Diversity

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Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that Christian theology must be done in conversation with other religions. The book 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fordham University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780823287734
• ISBN-10: 0823287734
• Artikelnr.: 57572283

Autorenporträt

John J. Thatamanil

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Autobiography and Comparative Theology xi
Note on Transliteration xix
Introduction: Revisiting an Old Tale 1
1 Religious Difference and Christian Theology: Thinking About,
Thinking With, and Thinking Through 21
2 The Limits and Promise of Exclusivism and Inclusivism:
Assessing Major Options in Theologies of Religious Diversity 41
3 No One Ascends Alone: Toward a Relational Pluralism 70
4 Comparative Theology after Religion? 108
5 Defining the Religious: Comprehensive Qualitative Orientation 152
6 The Hospitality of Receiving: Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther
King, Jr., and Interreligious Learning 193
7 God as Ground, Singularity, and Relation: Trinity and Religious Diversity
213
8 This Is Not a Conclusion 249
Acknowledgments 259
Notes 263
Index 289