Comparative Theology : Deep Learning Across Religious Borders


Francis X. Clooney
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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Utgitt
Hoboken : : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., , 2011.
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1 online resource (196 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Comparative Theology; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Part I Starting Points; 1 Religious Diversity and Comparative Theology; Diversity around Us; Diversity within Us; Comparative Theology as a Response to Twenty-first-Century Religious Diversity; Distinguishing Comparative Theology from Related Disciplines; Comparative Theology and the Academic Study of Religions; Comparative Theology and Interreligious Dialogue; Comparative Theology and the Theology of Religions; Comparative Theology Autobiographically Grounded; On the Limits of This Book; Looking Ahead. - 2 In Generations Past: Some Ancestors to Today's Comparative TheologyComparative Theology and the Long History of Christian Interreligious Reflection; Western Jesuit Scholars in India; Comparative Theology as a Discipline (1699- ); A Moderate Criticism of Missionary Scholarship and the Older Comparative Theology; At the End of the Era; 3 Comparative Theology Today; David Tracy; Keith Ward; Robert C. Neville; A Note on Raimon Panikkar; James Fredericks; New Directions; From Theory (Back) to Practice; Part II Doing Theology Comparatively; 4 From Theory to Practice. - Comparative Theology in Hinduism and Other TraditionsMy Comparative Theology, Indebted to Hindu Theologies; 6 "Learning to See": Comparative Practice and the Widening of Theological Vision; Plenary Address at the Catholic Theology Society of America, 2003; Near a Goddess; Devi's Beauty, Devi's Pleasure; Rediscovering Mary; Mary and Her Son Jesus, through Muslim Eyes; Sojourner Truth's Liberating God; All in Christ, but Still All; Vocation; After "Learning to See"; Part III The Fruits of Comparison; 7 Theology After Comparison; Comparative Theology and the Larger Work of Theology. - Noticing One's First Citizenship: Reflection on Ignatian Insight and My Home Citizenship. - The Multiple Responsibilities of the Comparative TheologianSome Theological Presuppositions Implicit in Comparative Theology; Comparative Theological Learning, in Particular; The Imago Dei and Our Destiny in Bliss; What "Narayana" Might Mean for the Christian; Encountering Goddesses; Comparative Theology and the Intensification of Devotion; Theology on a Smaller Scale; 8 "God for Us"; "God for Us": An Essay; A Verse, a Clue; What Hindus Thought about the Verse; Living the Verse; The Verse and Its Wider Context; An Aside on How to See God and on How God Wills to Be Seen. - The Practice of (Comparative) Religious ReadingIntelligent Reading; Commentary as a Religious Practice; Interreligious Commentary; Leaving Room for Other Readers and Their Readings; Necessarily Elite Choices; 5 Getting Particular: A Christian Studies Hinduism; The Importance of Focus; (Self)Identifying This Particular Comparative Theologian; Making a Map, Marking the Field: Hinduism in Brief; Getting Particular: Mimamsa, Vedanta, and Srivaisnavism; Appreciating Similarities; Theistic Hinduism as a Useful and Comfortable Focus; Theology as a Hindu Discipline. - Drawing upon the author's three decades of work in comparative theology, this is a pertinent and comprehensive introduction to the field, which offers a clear guide to the reader, enabling them to engage in comparative study. The author has three decades of experience of work in the field of comparative theology and is ideally placed to write this bookToday's increasing religious diversity makes this a pertinent and timely publicationUnique in the depth of its introduction and explanation of the discipline of 'comparative theology'Provides examples of how comparative theo
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ISBN
9781405179737. - 9781405179744

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