Aihiokhai Fostering Interreligious Encounters in Pluralist Societies

Hospitality and Friendship
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-17805-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

This book calls attention to ways of fostering dialogue among members of different religious traditions in an era of cultural and religious pluralism. To achieve this, the author analyzes the results of an ethnographic study of Ihievbe, a town in Midwestern Nigeria that is religiously pluralistic. Emphasis is given to hospitality and friendship-two key relational, cultural, philosophical, and theological virtues-as tools for constructing healthy interreligious dialogue that is relevant for our times. A critical study is done on the importance of these two dialogical virtues in the religious expressions of Roman Catholicism, Islam, and Ihievbe Traditional Religion. Preference for ethnographic studies is based on stressing the relevance of context in articulating useful practices of interreligious dialogue. Finally, the book articulates ways the fruits of interreligious dialogue can be celebrated in the liturgical rituals of each religion, especially the three religions that are addressed here.

SimonMary Asese A. Aihiokhai is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Portland, USA.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aihiokhai, SimonMary Asese A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;6
2;Acknowledgements;8
3;Contents;10
4;Abbreviations;13
5;Chapter 1 Introduction;14
5.1;Abstract;14
5.2;References;24
6;Chapter 2 A Short Secular and Religious History of Ihievbe Town;25
6.1;Abstract;25
6.2;2.1 A Short History of the Roman Catholic Church in Ihievbe Town;31
6.3;2.2 Expressions of Culture and Religion(s) Among Ihievbe People;34
6.4;References;40
7;Chapter 3 Factors Shaping Religious and Cultural Identities in the Ihievbe Community;41
7.1;Abstract;41
7.2;3.1 Cultural and Religious Descriptions of Hospitality in Ihievbe Language;43
7.3;3.2 Cultural and Religious Descriptions of Friendship in Ihievbe Community;46
7.4;3.3 A Short History of Interreligious Living Among Ihievbe People;48
7.5;References;53
8;Chapter 4 Philosophical and Christological Arguments for Hospitality as a Dialogical Model;54
8.1;Abstract;54
8.2;4.1 Christ’s Hypostatic Identity as Divine Hospitality;70
8.3;References;74
9;Chapter 5 A Case for Hospitality in the Era of Religious Pluralism;77
9.1;Abstract;77
9.2;5.1 Practical Ways for Applying Hospitality as a Tool for Interreligious Encounter;85
9.3;References;90
10;Chapter 6 The Philosophy of Friendship and Its Place in Constructing Interreligious Encounters;92
10.1;Abstract;92
10.2;6.1 Christology and Interreligious Friendship;101
10.3;6.2 The Nature of Dialogue in Friendship in Islam;105
10.4;6.3 The Place of Friendship in Ihievbe Traditional Religion;109
10.5;6.4 Interreligious Friendship and Religious Identity;115
10.6;6.5 Critique of the Roman Catholic Church’s Call to Mission;117
10.7;References;122
11;Chapter 7 Expressions of Relationality and Alterity in Contemporary Pluralistic Cultures: A Case Study of Ihievbe Community;126
11.1;Abstract;126
11.2;7.1 An Ihievbe Sense of Social Harmony as Grounds for Interreligious Dialogue;132
11.3;7.2 An Ihievbe Reading of Christian Salvific History as Grounds for Validating the Religious Other;135
11.4;References;139
12;Chapter 8 Ethnographic Findings Justifying the Relevance of Hospitality and Friendship as Tools for Interfaith Dialogue;140
12.1;Abstract;140
12.2;8.1 Reflection and Analysis of the Survey Questions and Responses for Roman Catholics in Ihievbe Town;144
12.3;8.2 Reflection and Analysis of the Interview Questions and Responses for Roman Catholics in Ihievbe Town;170
12.3.1;8.2.1 Roman Catholic Respondent One;172
12.3.2;8.2.2 Roman Catholic Respondent Two;174
12.3.3;8.2.3 Roman Catholic Respondent Three;175
12.3.4;8.2.4 Roman Catholic Respondent Four;177
12.3.5;8.2.5 Roman Catholic Respondent Five;178
12.3.6;8.2.6 Roman Catholic Respondent Six;180
12.3.7;8.2.7 Roman Catholic Respondent Seven;181
12.3.8;8.2.8 Roman Catholic Respondent Eight;182
12.3.9;8.2.9 Roman Catholic Respondent Nine;183
12.3.10;8.2.10 Roman Catholic Respondent Ten;184
12.3.11;8.2.11 Roman Catholic Respondent Eleven;186
12.3.12;8.2.12 Roman Catholic Respondent Twelve;187
12.3.13;8.2.13 Roman Catholic Respondent Thirteen;189
12.3.14;8.2.14 Roman Catholic Respondent Fourteen;190
12.3.15;8.2.15 Roman Catholic Respondent Fifteen;191
12.4;8.3 Reflection and Analysis of the Survey Questions and Responses for Muslims in Ihievbe Town;194
12.5;8.4 Reflection and Analysis of the Interview Questions and Responses for Muslims in Ihievbe Town;202
12.6;8.5 Reflection and Analysis of the Survey Questions and Responses for Traditional Religionists in Ihievbe Town;206
12.7;8.6 Reflection and Analysis of the Interview Questions and Responses for Traditional Religionists in Ihievbe Town;213
12.7.1;8.6.1 Ihievbe Traditional Religion Respondents One, Two, and Three;214
12.7.2;8.6.2 Ihievbe Traditional Religion Respondents Four and Five;215
12.7.3;8.6.3 Ihievbe Traditional Religion Respondents Six, Seven, Eight, and Nine;216
12.7.4;8.6.4 Ihievbe Traditional Religion Respondent Ten;217
12.7.5;8.6.5 Ihievbe Traditional Religion Respondent Eleven;218
12.7.6;8.6.6 Ihievbe Traditional Religion Respondent Twelve;219
12.7.7;8.6.7 Ihievbe Traditional Religion Respondent Thirteen;220
12.7.8;8.6.8 Ihievbe Traditional Religion Respondents Fourteen and Fifteen;222
12.8;References;227
13;Chapter 9 Conclusion;232
13.1;Abstract;232
13.2;References;239
14;Appendix;240
15;Index;246