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Orthodoxy, Liberalism, and Adaptation

Essays on Ways of Worldmaking in Times of Change from Biblical, Historical and Systematic Perspectives

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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How does religion cope with changing situations? Are orthodoxy and liberalism really competing strategies? The essays in this volume argue three views. (1)Orthodoxy is not to be seen as the real and original form of a given religion, but as an idealized original form that should be construed as a construction in reaction to changes in time. (2) Over the ages, liberalism – despite its laudable strive for adaptation – has been less successful than generally assumed. This lesson from history can be quite important in view of the adaptation processes for Muslims in Western Europe. (3) Of great importance for the survival of religion seems to be a clear definition of the boundaries of religiously informed practices and ethics. Their recognisability and authenticity shall – when combined with a due lack of obtrusion – be of great influence for the ongoing acceptance of religion(s) in the public domain.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-08-25
Mått155 x 235 x 23 mm
Vikt646 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in Theology and Religion
Antal sidor304
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004208698

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Bob Becking, Ph.D. (1985) in Theology, Utrecht University, is Senior Research Professor for Bible, religion and Identity at the Faculty of Humanities of Utrecht University. He published extensively on the history of the religion in Ancient Israel and on questions concerning the interpretation of the Hebrw Bible. He was one of the Editors of the Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible (Brill, 1999)

Introduction: Why This VolumeBob Becking (Utrecht University)Chapter One: Religious Orthodoxy as a Modality of “Adaptation”Staf Hellemans (Tilburg University)Part IIBIBLICAL STUDIESChapter Two: Does an Exclusive Veneration of God Necessarily Have to Be Violent? Israel’s Stony Way to Monotheism and Some Theological ConsequencesRainer Albertz (University of Münster)Chapter Three: Coping with Violence in the Bible: A Response to Rainer AlbertzJan Willem van Henten (University of Amsterdam)Chapter Four: “Common Judaism”, “the Parting of the Ways”, and “the Johannine Community”Adele Reinhartz (University of Toronto)Part IIIHISTORICAL STUDIESChapter Five: Believing, Belonging, and Adapting. The Case of Religious ModernismErnestine van der Wall (Leiden University) Chapter Six: “When Creed and Morals Rot …”: Orthodoxies versus Liberalisms in the Nineteenth-Century Netherlands Reformed ChurchDavid J. Bos (Utrecht University) Chapter Seven: Truth, Orthodoxy, and the Nouvelle Théologie: Truth as Issue in a “Second Modernist Crisis” (1946-1950)Jürgen Mettepenningen (Leuven University)Part IVSYSTEMATIC STUDIESChapter Eight: Orthodoxy, History and Theology: Recontextualisation and Its Descriptive and Programmatic FeaturesLieven Boeve (Catholic University Leuven)Chapter Nine: Orthopraxis and Being Faithful to One’s TraditionPeter Jonkers (Tilburg University)Chapter Ten: Reconstructing the Change from Judaism to Christianity as a Paradigm ShiftDirk-Martin Grube (Utrecht University)Chapter Eleven: Christian Fundamentalism as a Reaction to the Enlightenment Illustrated by the Case of Biblical InerrancyMarcel Sarot (Utrecht University)Part VCONCLUSIONSChapter Twelve: The Ambivalence of Adaptation and the Ongoing Strength of ReligionBob Becking (Utrecht University)