How to Do Comparative Theology

Published by Fordham University Press 2018

How to Do Comparative Theology

Edited by: Francis X. Clooney and Klaus von Stosch

Volume 2 in the series Comparative Theology: Thinking Across Traditions

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823278435

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About this book

How To Do Comparative Theology clarifies method in comparative theology, dialogical learning, showcasing scholars doing theological work interreligiously. The group is diverse by age and stage of career, gender, religions studied, location in the United States and Europe. Yet the essays manifest coherence in intent, commitment to learning from the other, and confidence regarding the benefits of the questions and challenges arising.

Author / Editor information

Clooney Francis X. :

Francis X. Clooney, S.J., is the Parkman Professor of Divinity and professor of comparative theology at Harvard Divinity School. He directed the Center for the Study of World Religions from 2010 to 2017.Stosch Klaus von :

Klaus von Stosch is Professor of Systematic Theology and head of the Centre of Comparative Theology and Cultural Studies at the University of Paderborn, Germany.

Francis X. Clooney, S.J. (Edited By)
Francis X. Clooney, SJ, is Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Theology at Harvard Divinity School.

Klaus von Stosch (Edited By)
Klaus von Stosch is Professor of Systematic Theology and head of the Centre of Comparative Theology and Cultural Studies at the University of Paderborn, Germany.

Reviews

This excellent collection will give ample food for thought to scholars and practitioners of comparative theology... Indeed, the authors give us good reasons to believe that comparative theology, as a discipline, will continue to grow and give much fruit in the years to come.

...How to Do Comparative Theology provides many useful insights and proposals in pursuit of the categorical imperative of engaging in productive interreligious dialogue, where “faith promotes interfaith understanding” in a transconfessional, mutually transformative way.

This volume, born out of a conference in Paderborn, is an extremely rich conversation by pioneering practitioners in the field as well as by a younger generation of comparative theologians. The plurality of the contributors is a reflection of the expansion of comparative theology among theologians and scholars of different religious backgrounds.

—Robert Cummings Neville:
“Clooney and von Stosch have produced a truly excellent collection of papers in comparative theology. They and a few others with papers in this volume are seasoned, senior scholars. The volume is remarkable, however, for introducing the work of mid-career and very new scholars. Some of the papers do actual comparisons and some apply comparative theology to practices of religious life. Among the most interesting are those dealing with methodological differences regarding comparative theology. They all defend the view that comparative theology is “faith seeking understanding,” and they explore some of the very different ways this approach can be interpreted. This volume is a vital and distinctive contribution to the larger field of comparative theology.”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Francis X. Clooney and Klaus von Stosch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Doing Comparative Theology—as Theology
1. The Problem of Choice in Comparative Theology Catherine Cornille Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2. Reflecting on Approaches to Jesus in the Qur’ān from the Perspective of Comparative Theology Klaus von Stosch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
3. The Moment of Truth COMPARATIVE AND DOGMATIC THEOLOGY Aaron Langenfeld Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
4. Rhetorics of Theological One-Upsmanship in Christianity and Buddhism ATHANASIUS’S POLEMIC AGAINST THE ARIANS AND VASUBANDHU’S REFUTAT ION OF PUDGALAVĀDA BUDDHISM Hugh Nicholson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
5. “An Interpreter and Not a Judge”: Insights into a Christian- Islamic Comparative Theology Axel Marc Oaks Takács Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
6. On Some Suspicions Regarding Comparative Theology Glenn R. Willis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
Part II. Comparative Theology Is What Comparative Theology Does
7. Embodiment, Anthropology, and Comparison THINKING-FEELING WITH NON-DUAL SAIVISM Michelle Voss Roberts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
8. Comparative Theology After the Shoah RISKS, PIVOTS, AND OPPORTUNITIES OF COMPARING TRADITIONS Marianne Moyaert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
9. Using Comparative Insights in Developing Kalām A PERSONAL REFLECTION ON BEING TRAINED IN COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY Muna Tatari Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
10. Difficult Remainders SEEKING COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY’S REALLY DIFFICULT OTHER Francis X. Clooney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
11. Sagi Nahor— Enough Light DIALECTIC TENSION BETWEEN LUMINESCENT RESONANCE AND BLIND AS SUMPTION I N COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY Shoshana Razel Gordon-Guedalia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Part III. Recognizing Comparative Theology by Its Fruits
12. Methodological Considerations on the Role of Experience in Comparative Theology Emma O’Donnell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
13. Incarnational Speech COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY AS LEARNING TO HEAR AND PREACH Brad Bannon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
14. Living Interreligiously ON THE “PASTORAL STYLE” OF COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY Michael Barnes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
15. Theologizing for the Yoga Community? COMMITMENT AND HYBRIDITY IN COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY Stephanie Corigliano Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	324
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351
CONTRIBUTORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371

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Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Pages
- Main content: 344
Keywords: Theology; Religion

eBook

Published: December 12, 2017
ISBN: 9780823278435