Thatamanil Circling the Elephant

A Comparative Theology of Religious Diversity
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-8232-8854-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 8, 320 Seiten

Reihe: Comparative Theology: Thinking Across Traditions

This book argues that Christian theology must be done in conversation with other religions. The book integrates theology of religious diversity, comparative theology, and constructive theology by moving beyond reified accounts of “religions” that make interreligious learning impossible. The author proposes a new theory of the religious that celebrates interreligious learning.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thatamanil, John J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: Autobiography and Comparative Theology xi

Note on Transliteration xix

Introduction: Revisiting an Old Tale 1

1 Religious Difference and Christian Theology: Thinking About,
Thinking With, and Thinking Through 21

2 The Limits and Promise of Exclusivism and Inclusivism:
Assessing Major Options in Theologies of Religious Diversity 41

3 No One Ascends Alone: Toward a Relational Pluralism 70

4 Comparative Theology after Religion? 108

5 Defining the Religious: Comprehensive Qualitative Orientation 152

6 The Hospitality of Receiving: Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther
King, Jr., and Interreligious Learning 193

7 God as Ground, Singularity, and Relation: Trinity and Religious Diversity 213

8 This Is Not a Conclusion 249

Acknowledgments 259

Notes 263

Index 289

Über Autor(innen)

Thatamanil John J.:
John J. Thatamanil is Associate Professor of Theology and World Religions at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. He is the author of The Immanent Divine: God, Creation, and the Human Predicament; An East–West Conversation (Fortress, 2006). He teaches a wide variety of courses in the areas of comparative theology, theologies of religious diversity, Hindu-Christian dialogue, the theology of Paul Tillich, theory of religion, and process theology. He is committed to the work of comparative theology—theology that learns from and with a variety of traditions. A central question that drives his work is “How can Christian communities come to see religious diversity as a promise rather than as a problem?”John J. Thatamanil is Associate Professor of Theology and World Religions at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. He is the author of The Immanent Divine: God, Creation, and the Human Predicament; An East–West Conversation (Fortress, 2006). He teaches a wide variety of courses in the areas of comparative theology, theologies of religious diversity, Hindu-Christian dialogue, the theology of Paul Tillich, theory of religion, and process theology. He is committed to the work of comparative theology—theology that learns from and with a variety of traditions. A central question that drives his work is “How can Christian communities come to see religious diversity as a promise rather than as a problem?”