Meaning and Method in Comparative Theology

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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The first systematic overview of the field of comparative theologyMeaning and Method in Comparative Theology offers a synthesis of and a blueprint for the emerging field of comparative theology. It discusses various approaches to the field, the impact of religious views of other religions on the way in which comparative theology is conducted, and the particularities of comparative theological hermeneutics. It also provides an overview of the types of learning and of the importance of comparative theology for traditional confessional theology. Though drawing mainly from examples of Christian comparative theology, the book presents a methodological framework that may be applied to any religious tradition.Meaning and Method in Comparative Theology begins with an elaboration on the basic distinction between confessional and meta-confessional approaches to comparative theology. The book also identifies and examines six possible types of comparative theological learning and addresses various questions regarding the relationship between comparative and confessional theology. Provides a unique and objective look at the field of comparative theology for scholars of religion and theologians who want to understand or situate their work within the broader fieldContains methodological questions and approaches that apply to comparative theologians from any religious traditionRecognizes and affirms the diversity within the field, while advancing unique perspectives that might be the object of continued discussions among theologiansMeaning and Method in Comparative Theology offers an important basis for scholars to position their own work within the broader field of comparative theology and is an essential resource for anyone interested in theology conducted in dialogue with other religious traditions. 2021 PROSE Finalist in the Theology & Religious Studies category.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-04-26
Mått170 x 241 x 10 mm
Vikt431 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor224
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781119535225

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CATHERINE CORNILE is the Newton College Alumnae Chair of Western Culture and Professor of Comparative Theology at Boston College. She has authored or edited many books including the prize-winning The Im-Possibility of Interreligious Dialogue (2008), and The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Inter-Religious Dialogue (2013). She is founding editor-in-chief of the book series "Christian Commentaries on non-Christian Sacred Texts."

Acknowledgments ixIntroduction 11 Types of Comparative Theology 91.1 Comparing Theologies 111.2 Confessional Comparative Theology 181.3 Meta‐Confessional Comparative Theology 251.4 Between Confessional and Meta‐Confessional Comparative Theology 302 The Status of Other Religions in Comparative Theology 432.1 Exclusivism and Comparative Theology 452.2 Particularism and Comparative Theology 492.3 Closed Inclusivism and Comparative Theology 542.4 Open Inclusivism and Comparative Theology 572.5 Pluralism and Comparative Theology 612.6 Postcolonialism and Comparative Theology 652.7 Dialogue between Perceptions of the Religious Other 703 Comparative Theological Hermeneutics 793.1 Understanding the Other through the Self 813.2 Understanding the Self through the Other 893.3 Participation and Understanding 933.4 Dynamics of Interreligious Borrowing 973.5 The Problem of Syncretism 1013.6 The Problem of Hegemony 1044 Types of Learning in Comparative Theology 1154.1 Intensification 1164.2 Rectification 1214.3 Recovery 1244.4 Reinterpretation 1294.5 Appropriation 1344.6 Reaffirmation 1375 Comparative Theology and Confessional Theology 1495.1 Comparative Theology as Constructive Theology 1515.2 The Hybrid Religious Identity of the Comparative Theologian 1535.3 The Problem of Choice in Comparative Theology 1575.4 Discernment in Comparative Theology 1605.5 The Target Public of Comparative Theology 1665.6 Comparative Theology and Apologetics 1695.7 Importance of Comparative Theology for Confessional Theology 1725.8 The Place of Comparative Theology within Confessional Theology 1765.9 Comparative Theology beyond Confessional Theology 178Conclusion 185Bibliography 191Index 207