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Ramanuja and Schleiermacher argue in favour of the developing
discipline of comparative theology as a powerful method for gaining
critical insight into our inherited world views. The book compares
two preeminent theologians, Sri Ramanuja of the Hindu tradition and
Friedrich Schleiermacher of the Christian tradition. Each argues
that God sustains the universe at every moment of its existence,
but they work out the divine sustenance in very different ways. Can
the comparison of two theologians vastly separated in space and
time help contemporary theologians to think better? This book
argues that it can. Each argues that God sustains the universe at
every moment of its existence, but they work out the divine
sustenance in very different ways. By comparing their description
of God's continual preservation of the universe, this book asks
original, unfamiliar questions of each. This method demonstrates
the incisive power of comparative theology to generate critical
tension and its creative power to resolve it.
Synopsis: Can the comparison of two theologians vastly separated in
space and time help contemporary theologians to think better? This
book argues that it can. Specifically, this book argues that the
novel and burgeoning discipline of comparative theology is a
powerful method for gaining critical insight into our inherited
worldviews. More important, it argues that the critical insights
gained through comparison can produce constructive theology or, in
other words, revised and renewed worldviews. New comparisons
produce new questions, and new questions produce new answers. In
order to demonstrate the power of this process, the book compares
two preeminent theologians, Sri Ramanuja of the Hindu tradition and
Friedrich Schleiermacher of the Christian tradition. Each argues
that God sustains the universe at every moment of its existence,
but they work out the divine sustenance in very different ways. By
comparing their description of God's continual preservation of the
universe, this book asks original, unfamiliar questions of each.
Then, it speculatively suggests possible answers to those
questions, inviting Ramanuja and Schleiermacher to respond to the
challenges raised. This method demonstrates the incisive power of
comparative theology to generate critical tension, as well as the
creative power of comparative theology to resolve that very
tension. Endorsements: "This is a fine example of comparative
theology in action. If readers want to know how the discipline
works when it works well, they can turn to Ramanuja and
Schleiermacher." -Francis X. Clooney Director of the Center for the
Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School "Across time and
cultures, great figures within a single religious tradition become
part of an ongoing scholarly interaction and argument. Only
recently has this intimacy of conversation been extended across
religious boundaries themselves. Sydnor offers us a theological
dialogue between two giants, the Vaisnavite thinker Ramanuja and
the Protestant theologian Schleiermacher. Sensitive to the
distinctive settings of each, he is able to draw them into a
fruitful collaboration around the questions of human and cosmic
dependence on the divine. This is a constructive comparative
theology that focuses the reader on the substance of these writers
rather than the mechanics of interreligious study. Sydnor's book
will be of interest both to those who value the depth of research
behind the comparison and to those who are simply looking for
theological light on the experience of absolute dependence." --S.
Mark Heim Samuel Abbot Professor of Christian Theology Andover
Newton Theological School "In this acutely reasoned, stirring, and
accessible analysis a blossoming
philosopher-theologian-pastor-educator, Jon Paul Sydnor, brings
forth accurate, in-depth readings of primary works by
Schleiermacher and Ramanuja. Using up-to-date procedures, his
comparison of these two highly discerning, seminal thinkers enables
a still wider conversation between Christians and Hindus today.
Here newly honed questions, observations, and insights vie with
each other for attention. Overall, Sydnor's work calls forth a
pondering over meanings and prospects that only this emergent field
of comparative theology can offer. Within this new movement, it
will bear the reputation of a pioneering work." --Terrence N. Tice
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy University of Michigan Author
Biography: Jon Paul Sydnor has studied at the University of
Virginia, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Boston College. He
currently teaches world religions at Emmanuel College in Boston.
The time has come for nondualism. As a fundamentally unifying
concept, nondualism may seem out of place in an age of rising
nationalism and bitter deglobalization, but our current debates
over tribalism and universalism all grant nondualism an informative
relevance. Nondualism rejects both separation and identity, thereby
encouraging unity-in-difference. Yet “nondualism” as a word
occupies a large semantic field. Nondual theists advocate the unity
of humankind and God, while nondual atheists advocate the
inseparability of all persons, without reference to a divinity.
Ecological nondualism asserts that we are in nature and nature is
in us, while monistic nondualists assert that only God exists and
all difference is illusion. Edited by Jon Paul Sydnor and Anthony
Watson, and guided by scholars from different religions and
specializations, Nondualism: An Interreligious Exploration explores
the semantic field that nondualism occupies. The collection elicits
the expansive potential of the concept, clarifies agreement and
disagreement, and considers current applications. In every case,
nondualism is universal in its relevance yet always distinctive in
its contribution.
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