Description: If Schillebeeckx had been Asian, how would he have
responded to the phenomenon of religious pluralism? This book
attempts to answer that question, beginning with a dialogue with
the Vatican Declaration Dominus Iesus and discerning how
Schillebeeckx's methodology has been applied in Asian theology.
Employing the hermeneutical-critical method, Schillebeeckx asserts
that the Word of God did not come "down to us, as it were,
vertically in a purely divine statement"--it must be interpreted In
today's context of so many religions, so many cultures, and so many
poor, God's Word invites the church to be a "sacrament of
dialogue." Through dialogue the church will be "challenged by other
religions and challenge them in return." Christianity will then be
"put in its place, as well as given the place which is its due."
Endorsements: "A frank and articulate commentary on Dominus Iesus,
this volume offers reflections on the respectful and authentic
relationship between the Catholic Church and other religious
traditions. . . . What is intriguing is not only that it deals with
the greatest theological conundrum of our time, but also explores
how Western and Asian theologies can be bridged, mindful of the
aspirations of the wronged of this world." --Bahar Davary Associate
Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, University of San
Diego Author of Women and the Qur'an "Combining the theology of
Schillebeeckx and the experience of religious diversity of the
Asian churches, Chia takes on the '600-pound gorilla' that stalks
all Catholic conversations about interreligious dialogue: the
tensions between official Vatican pronouncements such as Dominus
Iesus and the views of communities and theologians. Chia's final
proposal for an 'Asian theology of dialogue' opens a way forward."
--Paul F. Knitter Paul Tillich Professor of Theology, World
Religions, and Culture, Union Theological Seminary Author of
Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian "Edmund Chia puts us all,
especially Asian theologians, in his debt with this scholarly
analysis of the thought of one of the most influential Catholic
theologians of the twentieth century. Chia brilliantly succeeds in
extending Schillebeeckx's insights into the challenging field of
cultural and interreligious dialogue. In this way he builds a
bridge between Western and Asian theologies, long kept apart, or
worse, with the former dominating the latter. Chia's work is proof
that Asian theology has come of age." --Peter C. Phan Ellacuria
Chair of Catholic Social Thought, Georgetown University Author of
Being Religious Interreligiously About the Contributor(s): Edmund
Chia is a Malaysian who served from 1996 to 2004 as Executive
Secretary of Interreligious Dialogue for the Federation of Asian
Bishops' Conferences. He then joined Catholic Theological Union in
Chicago, where he last served as Associate Professor and Chair of
the Doctrinal Studies Department. Since 2011 he has been on the
faculty of the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne. He
holds an MA in human development, an MA in religion from the United
States, and a PhD in intercultural theology from the Netherlands.
Fr. Schillebeeckx witnessed his doctoral defense.
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