Theology of Gratitude (eBook, ePUB)

Christian and Muslim Perspectives
Redaktion: Siddiqui, Mona; Vette, Nathanael

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

How, from a theological standpoint, should we make sense of gratitude? This rich interdisciplinary volume is the first concertedly to explore theologies of gratitude from both Christian and Muslim perspectives. While the available literature has tended to rhapsodize gratitude to God and others as both a virtue and an obligation, this book by contrast offers something new by detailing ways in which gratitude is complicated by inequality: even to the point of becoming a vice. Gratitude now emerges as something more than a virtue and other than merely transactional. It can be a burden, bringing about indebtedness and an imbalance of power; but it may also be a resonant source of reconciliation and belonging. Topics discussed cover the personal and political dimensions of gratitude, including such issues as justice, multiculturalism, racism, imperialism, grief, memory and hope. The book assembles, from different traditions, some of the leading theologians of our times.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009198417
• Artikelnr.: 70909980

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Gratitude and God; 1. Joyful recognition: debt, duty, and gratitude
to God Miroslav Volf and Ryan McAnnally-Linz; 2. Islam and the Praxis of
gratitude: Shukr from divine orientations to the structures of the social
Martin Nguyen; 3. Gratitude in creation and in grace: One Protestant
approach to the question of whether gratitude is a burden or a hope Tom
Greggs; 4. When does a virtue become a vice? Gratitude as panacea and
poison in Sufi ethics Atif Khalil; Part II. Gratitude and Humanity; 5.
Gratitude: a virtue as vast as life itself? Robert Emmons; 6. Saying thank
you in the checkout line, or, taking Thomas to Starbucks, or, gratitude in
a money economy Peter J. Leithart; 7. The privilege of gratitude? Linn
Marie Tonstad; 8. Gratitude, finitude, and divine providence: living
thankfully in Schleiermacher and al-Ghazali Joshua Ralston; Part III.
Gratitude and Society: 9. From resentment to gratitude: an essay on
multiculturalism Mona Siddiqui; 10. Being black in Britain: a space for
gratitude? Anthony Reddie; 11. 'Ungrateful Jews': the Roman empire and
early Christian anti-Semitism Nathanael Vette; 12. Paying tribute: Cornel
West's prophetic gratitude as social movement building and
self-transcendence Joshua Forstenzer.