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The state of Goa on India's southwest coast was once the capital of
the Portuguese-Catholic empire in Asia. When Vasco Da Gama arrived
in India in 1498, he mistook Hindus for Christians, but Jesuit
missionaries soon declared war on the alleged idolatry of the
Hindus. Today, Hindus and Catholics assert their own religious
identities, but Hindu village gods and Catholic patron saints
attract worship from members of both religious communities. Through
fresh readings of early Portuguese sources and long-term
ethnographic fieldwork, this study traces the history of
Hindu-Catholic syncretism in Goa and reveals the complex role of
religion at the intersection of colonialism and modernity.
Muhammad Rashid Rida is among the most influential Muslim thinkers
of the modern period and yet, until now, his writings on
Christian-Muslim relations have remained unpublished in English. In
this flagship English edition, Simon A. Wood rights this wrong by
translating and analysing one of his most important works, The
Criticisms of the Christians and the Proofs of Islam. Contending
that Rida's work cannot be separated from the period of colonial
humiliation from which it originated, he challenges the view that
Rida was a fundamentalist and argues that his response to Christian
criticisms was, in fact, distinctly modernist.
It is generally accepted that Jews and evangelical Christians have
little in common. Yet special alliances developed between the two
groups in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Evangelicals
viewed Jews as both the rightful heirs of Israel and as a group who
failed to recognize their true savior. Consequently, they set out
to influence the course of Jewish life by attempting to evangelize
Jews and to facilitate their return to Palestine. Their
double-edged perception caused unprecedented political, cultural,
and theological meeting points that have revolutionized
Christian-Jewish relationships. An Unusual Relationship explores
the beliefs and political agendas that evangelicals have created in
order to affect the future of the Jews. Additionally, it analyses
Jewish opinions and reactions to those efforts, as well as those of
other religious groups, such as Arab Christians. This volume offers
a fascinating, comprehensive analysis of the roots, manifestations,
and consequences of evangelical interest in the Jews, and the
alternatives they provide to conventional historical
Christian-Jewish interactions. It also provides a compelling
understanding of Middle Eastern politics through a new lens.
Sunni and Shia in Iran, Iraq, or Syria. Protestants and Catholics
in Northern Ireland. Afrikaners and black churches in South Africa.
The rising tide of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia across Europe.
Israelis and Palestinians in the Holy Land. The fear of immigrants
and those who are different. The surge of nationalism. Violence,
religious violence, violence done in the name of religion.
Religious violence must be understoodaits history, its relationship
to sacred texts and communities, and its consequences. Religious
violence must also be confronted. Another story must be told, a
different story, a counternarrative other than the one that grips
the world today. In Confronting Religious Violence , twelve
international experts from a variety of theological, philosophical,
and scientific fields address the issue of religious violence in
today's world. The first part of the book focuses on the historical
rise of religious conflict, beginning with the question of whether
the New Testament leads to supersessionism, and looks at the growth
of anti-Semitism in the later Roman Empire. The second part
comprises field-report studies of xenophobia, radicalism,
anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia surrounding the conflicts in the
Middle East. The third part reflects on moral, philosophical,
legal, and evolutionary influences on religious freedom and how
they harm or help the advancement of peace. The final part of the
volume turns to theological reflections, discussing monotheism,
nationalism, the perpetuation of violence, the role of mercy laws
and freedom in combating hate, and practical approaches to dealing
with pluralism in theological education. Edited by Rabbi Lord
Jonathan Sacks and Richard Burridge, Confronting Religious Violence
contains insights from international experts that form essential
reading for politicians, diplomats, business leaders, academics,
theologians, church and faith leaders, commentators, and military
strategistsaanyone concerned with a harmonious future for human
life together on this planet.
Religious faith is a powerful source of comfort and support for
individuals and families facing dementia. Many faith leaders need
help in adapting their ministries to address the worship/spiritual
needs of this group. A product of Faith United Against Alzheimer's,
this handbook by 45 different authors represents diverse faith
traditions, including Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism,
Buddhism and Native American. It provides practical help in
developing services and creating dementia friendly faith
communities. It gives an understanding of the cognitive,
communicative and physical abilities of people with dementia and
shows what chaplains, clergy and lay persons can do to engage them
through worship. Included are several articles by persons living
with dementia.
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Creation
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Andy Ross
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The publication of the Chinese Union Version (CUV) in 1919 was the
culmination of a hundred years of struggle by Western missionaries
working closely with Chinese assistants to produce a translation of
the Bible fit for the needs of a growing church. Celebrating the
CUV's centennial, The Translation of the Bible into Chinese
explores the unique challenges faced by its translators in the
context of the history of Chinese Bible translation. Ann Cui'an
Peng's personal experience of the role played by the CUV in Chinese
Christian communities lends the narrative particular weight, while
her role as director of the Commission on Bible Publication at the
China Christian Council offers a unique insight into the continuing
legacy of the CUV for Bible translators today.
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Creation
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Andy Ross
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The subject of religious diversity is of growing significance, with
its associated problems of religious pluralism and inter-faith
dialogue. Moreover, since the European Enlightenment, religions
have had to face new, existential challenges. Is there a future for
religions? How will they have to change? Can they co-exist
peacefully? In this book, Keith Ward brings new insights to these
questions. Applying historical and philosophical approaches, he
explores how we can establish truth among so many diverse
religions. He explains how religions have evolved over time and how
they are reacting to the challenges posed by new scientific and
moral beliefs. A celebration of the diversity in the world's
religions, Ward's timely book also deals with the possibility and
necessity of religious tolerance and co-existence.
Under what conditions does in-group pride facilitate out-group
tolerance? What are the causal linkages between intergroup
tolerance and socialization in religious rituals? This book
examines how Muslims from Russia's North Caucuses returned from the
Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca both more devout as Muslims and more
tolerant of out-groups. Drawing on prominent theories of identity
and social capital, the authors resolve seeming contradictions
between the two literatures by showing the effects of religious
rituals that highlight within-group diversity at the same time that
they affirm the group's common identity. This theory is then
applied to explain why social integration of Muslim immigrants has
been more successful in the USA than in Europe and how the largest
Hispanic association in the US defied the clash of civilizations
theory by promoting immigrants' integration into America's social
mainstream. The book offers insights into Islam's role in society
and politics and the interrelationships between religious faith,
immigration and ethnic identity, and tolerance that will be
relevant to both scholars and practitioners.
Ten Outstanding Books in Mission Studies, World Christianity and
Intercultural Theology for 2019 — International Bulletin of
Mission Research (IBMR) Christianity is not only a global but also
an intercultural phenomenon. In this third volume of his
three-volume Intercultural Theology, Henning Wrogemann proposes
that we need to go beyond currently trending theologies of mission
to formulate both a theory of interreligious relations and a
related but methodologically independent theology of interreligious
relations. Migratory movements are contributing to an ongoing
process of religious pluralization in societies that tended to be
more religiously homogenous in the past. Interreligious platforms,
movements, and organizations are growing in number. Meanwhile,
everyday life continues to be characterized by very different modes
of interreligious cooperation. Coming to a better understanding of
such modes is a major concern for societies with high levels of
religious and cultural plurality. Wrogemann's conviction is that
much would be achieved if we posed new and different questions.
When it comes to interreligious relations, what is significant, and
what is meaningful? What exactly is a dialogue? Which factors are
at play when people from different cultural and religious
traditions come into contact with each other as physical beings in
real-life situations? What about the different images of the self
and of the other? Which interests and hidden motives underlie which
claims to validity? Exploring these questions and more in masterful
scope and detail, Wrogemann's work will richly inform the study of
interreligious relations. Missiological Engagements charts
interdisciplinary and innovative trajectories in the history,
theology, and practice of Christian mission, featuring
contributions by leading thinkers from both the Euro-American West
and the majority world whose missiological scholarship bridges
church, academy, and society.
C.S. Lewis's enlightened, foundational respect for the Jews as
God's chosen people is a feature in much of his apologetic and
theological writing. Although as a boy and young man Lewis
reflected much of the implicit anti-Semitism inherent in the
public-school-educated Edwardian establishment, this was replaced
by deep respect when he became a Christian. Later on, Lewis's
understanding was much enhanced by his wife, Joy Davidman (m.
1956); born to American Jewish parents, she was an adult convert to
Yeshua Ha Mashiach - Jesus Christ - and Lewis referred to her as a
Jewish Christian. A Hebraic Inkling examines in depth this
Jewish-Hebrew influence in Lewis' life and works. Analysing some of
his key writings in theology, philosophy, literature and
apologetics, his rigorous stand against anti-Semitism and affinity
for Jewish literature and culture is outlined, as well as his
vision of how Christians are enfolded into the chosen people. This
respect and affinity extended to Lewis' own family; when one of
Joy's children sought to return to his mother's birth-faith, Lewis
moved all to accommodate his wishes and raise him as a Jew, after
Joy's untimely death.
The Oxford Movement within the Anglican communion sought changes to
the Church of England in its articulation of theology and
performance of liturgy that would more clearly demonstrate what the
movement's members believed was the place of their Church within
the wider universal and ancient Church. In this regard they mostly
looked to the Roman Catholic Church, but one of their most
prominent members thought their goals would be better served by
seeking recognition from the Orthodox Church. This book charts the
eccentric career of that member, William Palmer, a fellow of
Magdalen College and deacon of the Anglican Church. Seemingly
destined for a conventional life as a classics don at Oxford, in
1840 and 1842 he travelled to Russia to seek communion from the
Russian Orthodox Church. He sought their affirmation that the
Anglican Church was part of the ancient Catholic and Apostolic
Church world-wide. Despite their personal regard for him, the
Russians remained unconvinced by his arguments, not least because
of the actions of the Anglican hierarchy in forming alliances with
other Protestant bodies. Palmer in turn wrestled with what he saw
as the logical inconsistencies in the claim of the Orthodox to be
the one true church, such as the differing views he encountered on
the manner of reception of converts into the Church by either
baptism and chrismation or the latter alone. Increasingly
disillusioned with the Church of England, and finding himself
without support from the Scottish Episcopal Church, Palmer closest
Russian friends such as Mouravieff and Khomiakoff urged him to cast
aside his reservations and to convert Orthodoxy. Ultimately he
baulked at making what he saw as the cultural leap from West to
East, and after some years in ecclesiastical limbo, he followed the
example of his Oxford friends such as John Henry Newman, and was
received into the Roman Catholic Church in Rome in 1855. He lived
in Rome as a Catholic layman until his death in 1879. This is a
fascinating account of a failed "journey to Orthodoxy" that should
provide food for thought to all who may follow this path in the
future and offer grounds for reflection to Orthodox believers on
how to remove unnecessary stumbling blocks that can arise on the
path to their Church.
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Called
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In the international press, East Africa is depicted as a region
mired in civil war, child abduction, rebel militias,
Muslim-Christian violence, and grinding poverty. Joseph Kony's
Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) of northern Uganda has become a symbol
for the troubles of contemporary Africa. Seen from within, however,
an altogether different reality is visible-one in which local
communities and their leaders work together to resolve conflict and
rebuild their communities. Little known beyond northern Uganda, The
Acholi Religious Leaders' Peace Initiative (ARLPI) is an inspiring
example of one such community organization. The story of ARLPI,
examined in this book by philosopher David Hoekema, demonstrates
just how much can be accomplished by a small group of dedicated
community leaders in a situation where a decade of military force
and international pressure have had little discernible effect.
Drawing on published sources and interviews with organization
leaders and LRA survivors, Hoekema illuminates how both the
depredations of the LRA and the healing work of ARLPI are rooted in
modern East African history. He documents the courageous work of
the Catholic, Protestant, and Muslim leaders who constitute the
ARLPI to overcome centuries of mistrust and help bring an end to
one of the most horrific conflicts in recent history. Their work,
he argues, puts philosophical and theological ideas into practice
and in so doing sheds new light on how religion relates to
politics, how brutal conflicts can be resolved, and how a community
can reclaim its future through locally-initiated initiatives
against overwhelming obstacles.
Celebrating Biblical and Jewish holidays is most characteristic of
the Messianic Jewish movement, and it arouses much interest among
Gentile Christians. This practice arose in the struggle of Hebrew
Christians in the 19th century against "Christian assimilation".
From the 1970s onwards, a new generation of Messianic Jews
identified strongly with their people's socio-cultural heritage,
including the practice of Sabbath, Pesach and other Jewish
holidays. A thorough analysis of calendars, reinterpretations,
observances and motives shows that this is a novel,
Christian-Judaic practice. Why and how do Gentile Christians adopt
it? To return to "Jewish roots"? What does this term stand for? As
the author takes up these questions, he shows that this is rather a
contextualisation of the Gospel.
It is impossible to understand Palestine today without a careful
reading of its distant and recent past. But until now there has
been no single volume in English that tells the history of the
events--from the Ottoman Empire to the mid-twentieth century--that
shaped modern Palestine. The first book of its kind, "A History of
Palestine" offers a richly detailed interpretation of this critical
region's evolution.
Starting with the prebiblical and biblical roots of Palestine,
noted historian Gudrun Kramer examines the meanings ascribed to the
land in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions. Paying
special attention to social and economic factors, she examines the
gradual transformation of Palestine, following the history of the
region through the Egyptian occupation of the mid-nineteenth
century, the Ottoman reform era, and the British Mandate up to the
founding of Israel in 1948. Focusing on the interactions of Arabs
and Jews, "A History of Palestine" tells how these connections
affected the cultural and political evolution of each community and
Palestine as a whole."
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