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A Teaching Hymnal
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Clayton J. Schmit; Foreword by Richard J Mouw
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All Religion Is Inter-Religion analyses the ways inter-religious
relations have contributed both historically and philosophically to
the constructions of the category of "religion" as a distinct
subject of study. Regarded as contemporary classics, Steven M.
Wasserstrom's Religion after Religion (1999) and Between Muslim and
Jew (1995) provided a theoretical reorientation for the study of
religion away from hierophanies and ultimacy, and toward lived
history and deep pluralism. This book distills and systematizes
this reorientation into nine theses on the study of religion.
Drawing on these theses--and Wasserstrom's opus more generally--a
distinguished group of his colleagues and former students
demonstrate that religions can, and must, be understood through
encounters in real time and space, through the complex relations
they create and maintain between people, and between people and
their pasts. The book also features an afterword by Wasserstrom
himself, which poses nine riddles to students of religion based on
his personal experiences working on religion at the turn of the
twenty-first century.
This book engages thinkers from different religious and humanist
traditions in response to Pope Francis's pronouncements on
interreligious dialogue. The contributors write from the
perspectives of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism,
Buddhism, and Humanism. Each author elaborates on how the pope's
openness to dialogue and invitation to practical collaboration on
global concerns represents a significant achievement as the world
faces an uncertain future. The theological tension within the
Catholic double commitment to evangelization on the one hand, and
dialogue on the other, remains unresolved for most writers, but
this does not prevent them from praising the strong invitation to
dialogue-especially with the focus on justice, peace, and
ecological sustainability.
Communication is vital to the prosperity and survival of the
community, with the quality of communication amongst its members
directly improving or worsening the value of the community.
However, with the increase in immigration and relocation of
refugees, the need to accommodate diverse cultural groups becomes
imperative for the viability and survivability of a community while
posing challenges to communication. Intercultural and interfaith
dialogue can be used constructively to cultivate, manage, and
sustain diversity and wellbeing in particularly deeply divided
communities. Intercultural and Interfaith Dialogues for Global
Peacebuilding and Stability is a critical research publication that
explores the importance of conflict resolution strategies among
populations that include a varied amalgamation of cultural and
religious backgrounds. With the increasing emphasis on
intercultural understanding promoted by governments, civil
societies, and international mediators, this book offers relevant
remedies for major afflictions in the world today, such as
exclusion, marginalization, xenophobia, and racism. It is ideal for
government officials, policymakers, activists, diplomats, lawyers,
international trade and commerce agencies, religious institutions,
academicians, researchers, and students working in a variety of
disciplines including political science, international relations,
law, communication, sociology, and cultural studies.
The authors of this volume examine theory and practice regarding
past and present roles of Jewish, Christian and Islamic religious
education in nurturing tolerance, interpreted as mutual respect for
and recognition of other groups, in Eastern (Albania, Bulgaria,
Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro and Romania) and Western
(Finland, Germany, Italy, Latvia and Spain) Europe, Israel, Nigeria
and Uzbekistan. They also explore potential roles of religion and
exclusivism in fostering (Islamic state, NGOs, etc.), but also
averting (Islamic legal theory, authority, Sufism, etc.)
radicalization, and of secular states in allowing, but also banning
minority religious education in public schools.With contributions
from Friedrich Schweitzer, Martin Rothgangel, Gerhard Langer,
Daniela Stan, Arto Kallioniemi, Juan Ferreiro Galguera, Maria
Chiara Giorda, Rossana M. Salerno, Viorica Goras-Postica,
Constantin Iulian Damian, Valentin Ilie, Dzintra Ilisko, Ayman
Agbaria, Zilola Khalilova, Raid al-Daghistani, Osman Tastan, Moshe
Ma'oz, Adriana Cupcea, Muhamed Ali, Rudiger Lohlker and Dele
Ashiru. The Editors Ednan Aslan is the Chair of Islamic Theological
studies at the University of Vienna where he is a Professor for
Islamic Education. Margaret Rausch is scholar, researcher and
university instructor in the field of Islamic and Religious
Studies.
Theological reflection - connecting real life, ministry, and
religious traditions - is a core component of most pastoral
training. It is also a hallmark of practical theology and a common
spiritual exercise among ordinary Christians trying to discern how
their beliefs might influence daily living. Yet, our society is
increasingly pluralistic, with growing numbers of people from
varying belief systems - from Islam to Buddhism - as well as an
increasing number of atheists. In this book, Edward Foley
reimagines theological reflection in interfaith contexts and with
those of no faith tradition. The book addresses and celebrates
diverse beliefs, and envisions the practice of theological
reflection in such contexts. Theological Reflection Across
Religious Traditions introduces readers to the basics of
traditional forms of theological reflection, then considers how it
might be reconceived in different contexts - from interfaith
ministers working together to reduce poverty and homelessness to
people of diverse or no faith traditions strategizing to secure the
dignity of undocumented immigrants. Beyond suggestions for
collaborative social action, the book offers tools for productive
interfaith conversation through a process Foley calls "reflective
believing." This is a groundbreaking rethinking of theological
reflection for today's world, proposing that people across the
religious landscape can participate in reflective believing for
personal and communal benefit without sacrificing their own
integrity.
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