Theological and philosophical responses to syncretism : : beyond the mirage of pure religion / / edited by Patrik Fridlund and Mika Vahakangas.

• Superior document: Philosophy of Religion. World Religions, Volume 7
• TeilnehmendeR: Fridlund, Patrik,; Vähäkangas, Mika,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2018.; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Philosophy of religion. World religions ; Volume 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (238 pages).

Theological and Philosophical Responses to Syncretism: Beyond the Mirage of Pure Religion by Patrik Fridlund and Mika Vähäkangas (editions.) starts from the observation that there is a substantial gap between religions’ self-understanding and the empirical results of religious studies concerning religious blending. Even in theology of religion, one often portrays religions as if they were entities fundamentally separate from each other. The aims of this book are to elaborate theologically the consequences of syncretism to Christian faith and of syncretism to philosophy. By creating a critical interchange between theological, philosophical and empirical approaches to religion, this book challenges the conventional views of purity of religions prevailing in theology and philosophy as well as proposes theological and philosophical ways forward. Contributors are: Jonas Adelin, Stephen Bevans, Gavin d’Costa, Patrik Fridlund, Lotta Gammelin, Elizabeth Harris, Jerker Karlsson, Paul Linjamaa, Kang-San Tan, Mika Vähäkangas.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Patrik Fridlund and Mika Vähäkangas -- Syncretism as the Theoretical Foundation of Religious Studies / Jerker Karlsson -- Gnosticism as Inherently Syncretistic? Identity Constructions among Ancient Christians and Protestant Apologetes / Paul Linjamaa -- Responding to Syncretism / Patrik Fridlund -- Theo-Logical Positions vis-à-vis Syncretism / Mika Vähäkangas -- Fair or Foul? Contextual Theology, Syncretism and the Criteria for Orthodoxy / Stephen Bevans -- Assessing Catholic – Buddhist ‘Dual-Belonging’ in the Light of the Catholic Magisterium / Gavin D’Costa -- Khrist Bhaktas and the Reconstruction of Syncretism / Jonas Adelin Jørgensen -- ‘We are In-Between’ – Syncretism and Making Sense of Empirical Data / Lotta Gammelin -- Is Dual Religious Belonging Syncretistic? An Evangelical and Missiological Perspective / Kang-San Tan -- Syncretism or Inclusivist Subordination? An Exploration into the Dynamics of Inter-Religious Cooperation / Elizabeth J. Harris -- Index of Names and Subjects.