Burrell Towards a Jewish-Christian-Muslim Theology

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-9578-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

Towards a Jewish-Christian-Muslim Theology delineates theways that Christianity, Islam, and the Jewish tradition have movedtowards each another over the centuries and points to new pathwaysfor contemporary theological work.
* Explores the development of the three Abrahamic traditions,brilliantly showing the way in which they have struggled withsimilar issues over the centuries
* Shows how the approach of each tradition can be usedcomparatively by the other traditions to illuminate and developtheir own thinking
* Written by a renowned writer in philosophical theology, widelyacclaimed for his comparative thinking on Jewish and Islamictheology
* A very timely book which moves forward the discussion at aperiod of intense inter-religious dialogue

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burrell, David B.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1
1 Free Creation as a Shared Task for Jews, Christians, Muslims9
2 Relating Divine Freedom with Human Freedom: Diverging andConverging Strategies 25
3 Human Initiative and Divine Grace: Augustine and Ghazali51
4 Trust in Divine Providence: Tawakkul,"Abandonment," and "Detachment" 63
5 The Point of it All: "Return," Judgment, and"Second Coming" - Creation to Consummation 87
6 Realized Eschatology: Faith as a Mode of Knowing andJourneying 129
7 Respectfully Negotiating Outstanding Neuralgic Issues:Contradictions and Conversions 165
Epilog: Misuses and Abuses of Abrahamic Traditions 189
Index 193

Über Autor(innen)

David B. Burrell, Hesburgh Professor emeritus at University of Notre Dame, teaches Ethics and Development at Uganda Martyrs University. He has published extensively in comparative issues in philosophical theology in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and is the author of Faith and Freedom (2006), Wiley-Blackwell.