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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810968603321

Titolo

The new comparative theology : interreligious insights from the next generation / / edited by Francis X. Clooney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark, 2010

ISBN

1-282-82153-9

9786612821530

0-567-44348-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ClooneyFrancis X <1950-> (Francis Xavier)

Disciplina

200.71/1

Soggetti

Religion

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / James L. Fredericks -- Comparative theology : between identity and alterity / A. Bagus Laksana -- Relating theology of religions and comparative theology / Kristin Beise Kiblinger -- The new comparative theology and the problem of theological hegemonism / Hugh Nicholson -- On hegemonies within : Franciscan missions and Buddhist kings in comparative theological contexts / David A. Clairmont -- Comparative theology and the status of Judaism : hegemony and reversals / Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski -- Gendering comparative theology / Michell Voss Roberts -- Comparative theology as a theology of liberation / Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier -- (Tentatively) putting the pieces together : comparative theology in the tradition of Sri Ramakrishma / Jeffery D. Long -- Solidarity through piolyphony / John N. Sheveland -- Response / Francis X. Clooney.

Sommario/riassunto

This is be a volume of closely connected essays that illumines where (Christian and other) theologies are going today, how religious pluralism is better theorized in light of past errors, and how the diversity of religions is becoming a solid topic for theological learning. This is a volume that will be useful in the classroom - for advanced undergraduates, and particularly graduate students - and also for the wider audience of theologians and readers interested in current trends in religious studies and theology. Given the novelty of the field of



Comparative Theology and the emphasis on the v