Gavin D'Costa

Christianity World Religions

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An engaging and accessible introduction to Christianity's relationship with other world religions, addressing the questions of why the reality, and vitality, of other religions has become a challenge, and showing how Christianity is equipped to deal with religious plurality at both the doctrinal and social level.
Timely and accessible, this book tackles the question of why the reality, and vitality, of other religions has become a challenge for Christianity
Makes a decisive contribution to debates about the clash between Islam and the West, arguing that the major threat to religious freedoms come from secularism, and that Islam and Christianity both have the resources to develop a vibrant and pluralist public square; one informed by intellectual rigor and debate
Considers the wider issue of how modernity has defined 'religion', and provides a substantial critique of secular ways of controlling religions
Shows how Christianity is very well suited to deal with religious plurality at the doctrinal and social level
Addresses the core issues and describes the various answers that have been proposed in recent years - making it an ideal introduction to the field, and one which will stimulate ideas and discussions

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9781405176736
• ISBN-10: 1405176733
• Artikelnr.: 25622951

Autorenporträt

Gavin D'Costa is Professor of Christian Theology at Bristol University. He also works with the Church of England and Roman Catholic Committees on Other Faiths, and the Pontifical Council for Other Faiths, Vatican City, advising these communities on theological issues. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Theology and the Public Square (Wiley-Blackwell, 2005), Sexing the Trinity (2000), and The Meeting of Religions and the Trinity (2000).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Charting the Territory: Theology of Religions 1.Early Map Making
Introduction Pluralism Inclusivism Exclusivism 2. Changing the Angle:
Recent Maps Some Criticisms of the Threefold Typology Comparative Theology
Postmodern Postliberalism Part II: The Making and Meaning of Religions 3.
Modernity's Story Introduction Modernity's Story about Religions 4. An
Alternative: The Secular Construction of the Sacred Modernity as the
Establishment of a New Ruling Religion Conclusion Part III: Religions in
the Public Square 5. Whose Religion and Which Public Square? The Public
Square A Taxonomy of Secular Modernity and Postmodernity 6. Christian and
Muslim Public Squares Roman Catholicism, Modernity and Religious Plurality
Islam, Reasoned Debate, and Religious Plurality Part IV: Christ's Descent
into Hell 7. Old Doctrines for New Jobs Introduction "The Descent":
Introduction to the "Circles of Hell" The Limbo of the Just and the
Unevangelized 8. Further into the Inferno Purgatory and the Non-Christian
The Children's Limbo The Descent into Hell Bibliography Subject Index Index
of Works

Rezensionen

"The deepest challenge to global Christianity is in its relation to world religions. Informative and thought-provoking, this book tackles one of the most heated issues of the time: the interactions within religious pluralism. Old-timers and newcomers to disputes over these 'disputed questions' will not walk away from this book casually or apathetically. It is provocative and, yes, challenging." Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago