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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461859003321

Autore

Byrne Máire

Titolo

The names of God in Judaism, Christianity and Islam : a basis for interfaith dialogue / / Máire Byrne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2011

ISBN

1-4725-4946-5

1-283-17404-9

9786613174048

1-4411-6341-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Disciplina

202/.11

Soggetti

Abrahamic religions

God - Name

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-168) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Interfaith Dialogue and Comparative Theology -- 2. Names and Naming -- 3. Names of God in the Hebrew Bible -- 4. Names of God in the New Testament -- 5. 99 Most Beautiful Names of Allah -- 6. Comparative Theologies and the Names of God -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book offers a welcome solution to the growing need for a common language in interfaith dialogue; particularly between the three Abrahamic faiths in our modern pluralistic society. The book suggests that the names given to God in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the Qur'an, could be the very foundations and building blocks for a common language between the Jewish, Christian and Islamic faiths. On both a formal interfaith level, as well as between everyday followers of each doctrine, this book facilitates a more fruitful and universal understanding and respect of each sacred text; exploring both the commonalities and differences between each theology and their individual receptions. In a practical application of the methodologies of comparative theology, Maire Byrne shows that the titles, names and epithets given to God in the sacred texts of Judaism, Christianity and



Islam contribute towards similar images of God in each case, and elucidates the importance of this for providing a viable starting point for interfaith dialogue."--Bloomsbury Publishing.