Comparing Faithfully : : Insights for Systematic Theological Reflection /

Comparing Faithfully : : Insights for Systematic Theological Reflection / / ed. by Michelle Voss Roberts.

Every generation of theologians must respond to its context by rearticulating the central tenets of the faith. Interreligious comparison has been integral to this process from the start of the Christian tradition and is especially salient today. The emerging field of comparative theology, in which c...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
MitwirkendeR:
Beise Kiblinger, Kristin,
Betcher, Sharon V.,
Bidlack, Bede Benjamin,
Farley, Wendy,
Hillgardner, Holly,
Hussain, Amir,
Long, Jeffery D.,
Moyaert, Marianne,
Nicholson, Hugh,
Padilla, Elaine,
Ralston, Joshua,
Rambo, Shelly,
Sydnor, Jon Paul,
Tiemeier, Tracy Sayuki,
Voss Roberts, Michelle,
von Stosch, Klaus,
HerausgeberIn:
Roberts, Michelle Voss,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2016]
©2017
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Comparative Theology: Thinking Across Traditions ; 1
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: a place for comparative theology in christian systematic reflection
  • Part I. Divinity
  • 1. The dance of emptiness: a constructive comparative theology of the social trinity
  • 2. Flower and song a comparative study on teotlizing in Aztec theology and Karl Rahner's view of divine self- disclosure
  • 3. Comparative theology and the postmodern god of "perhaps": a response to sydnor and padilla
  • Part II. Theodicy
  • 4. Developing christian theodicy in conversation with Navid Kermani
  • 5. Like a dog's curly tail: finding perfection in a world of imperfection: a Hindu theodicy in the tradition of Sri Ramakrishna
  • 6. "Only goodness matters" reflections on theodicy with Klaus von stosch and Jeffery long
  • Part III. Humanity
  • 7. Longing and letting go lessons in being human from Hadewijch and Mirabai
  • 8. Women's virtue, church leadership, and the problem of gender complementarity
  • 9. Longing and gender a response to holly Hillgardner and Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier
  • Part IV. Christology
  • 10. What child is this? Jesus , lord Lao, and divine identity
  • 11. Who is the suffering servant? a comparative theological reading of Isaiah 53 after the Shoah
  • 12. Response: Christology in comparative perspective
  • Part V. Soteriology
  • 13. The way(s) of salvation the function of the law in john Calvin and Abu Hamid Al-ghazali
  • 14. Sleeper, awake: considering the Soteriological promise of popular spiritual gurus
  • 15. Salvation in the after-living reflections on salvation with Joshua Ralston and Sharon Betcher
  • Contributors
  • Index

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