A Companion to Comparative Theology.

"A Companion to Comparative Theology offers a unique survey of a rapidly developing field of modern theology in 32 chapters coordinated by five editors. Its first part discusses some of the main historical developments in theology and religious studies before 1985 that are relevant for understa...

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Superior document:Brill's Companions to Modern Theology
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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : BRILL,, 2022.
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Year of Publication:2022
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Brill's Companions to Modern Theology
Physical Description:1 online resource (655 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Part 1 Comparative Theology before 1985
  • 1 Catholic Roots for the Discipline
  • 2 The Science of Religion, Comparative Religion, Mission, and the Birth of Comparative Theology
  • 3 The Development of Comparative Theology in the Twentieth Century
  • 4 French Comparative Theologians Before Nostra Aetate
  • Part 2 Judaism
  • 5 An Introduction to Christian-Jewish Comparative Theology
  • 6 Unity and Mediation: The Nature of Torah and the Nature of Jesus Christ
  • 7 "Therefore do Maidens Love You": Passion and Pluralism in Jewish and Christian Song of Songs Commentaries
  • 8 The Significance of the Land in Birkat Hamazon: Lessons in Self-Understanding
  • Part 3 Islam
  • 9 David B. Burrell and the Horizon of a Jewish-Christian-Muslim Comparative Theology
  • 10 The Qurʾānic Critique of Apocalyptic Ideas and a Christian Response
  • 11 Can There Be an Islamic Comparative Theology?
  • 12 My/Our Servant Job: Creation and Temptation as a Guide to Understanding Job as God's Servant
  • Part 4 Hinduism
  • 13 Riches Line the Path: An Introduction to Hindu-Christian Comparative Theology
  • 14 The Hindu-Catholic Encounter: A Natural Home for Comparative Theology
  • 15 Comparative Theologies of Pilgrimage: Faiths with Legs
  • 16 Exploring the Risks and Rewards of Comparing Religions for the Future of Hindu Studies in 21st Century America
  • Part 5 Buddhism
  • 17 The Anointing at Bethany: A Buddhist Reading of Mark's Gospel
  • 18 Integrating Aspects of Buddhist and Christian Liberation Epistemology to Empower Compassionate Social Action
  • 19 Ending at the Beginning: Prenatal Theological Anthropology and Pregnancy Loss Memorials in Japanese Buddhism and American Catholicism
  • 20 Self-love and Altruistic Love in Bodhicaryāvatāra: A Christian Theological Reflection.
  • Part 6 Chinese Religion
  • 21 Tradition, Language, and Christian-Chinese Comparative Theology
  • 22 On Comparative Theology: A Confucian Case
  • 23 A Contextual Comparison of Conceptual Categories: A Christian-Confucian Test Case in Taiwan from a Ritual Perspective
  • 24 Towards a Daoist Comparative Theology
  • Part 7 New Perspectives in Comparative Theology
  • 25 Theology without Walls
  • 26 Toward a Comparative Feminist Theology
  • 27 A Ritual Turn in Comparative Theology
  • 28 Multiple Religious Belonging and Comparative Theology
  • 29 Comparative Theology, Calligraphy and Iconography
  • 30 Comparative Theology and Interreligious Studies: Embracing and Transgressing the Dialogical Relationships Among Religious Traditions
  • 31 Comparative Theology: More than Comparing Theologies
  • Index.