
Sharing Lights on the Way to God
Muslim-Christian Dialogue and Theology in the Context of Abrahamic Partnership
Pim Valkenberg(Author)
Rodopi (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-90-420-1799-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book seeks to give form to a theology that hyphenates two traditions that have not only been in constant conflict during most of their historical encounters but are also presented as opposite blocks in the threatening 'clash of civilizations' at the beginning of the third millennium: Islam and Christianity. Based on experiences of dialogue between the three Abrahamic faiths, this book analyzes historical and contemporary processes of interreligious dialogue between Christians and Muslims in order to arrive at a concept of dialogue as 'mutual emulation.' It shows how, in their theologies of religious others, Judaism, Christianity and Islam have based their images of others on their self-images. This characteristic makes traditional theologies of religion quite unsuitable for interreligious dialogue. Consequently, the author of this book develops a model in which comparative theology and interreligious dialogue are connected by studying - as a Christian theologian - the theological and spiritual sources of his Muslim dialogue partners. These exercises in comparative Muslim-Christian theology comprise both the medieval (Aquinas, al-Ghazali, Rumi) and the modern periods (Said Nursi, Fethullah Guelen, Tariq Ramadan). An interlude on Teresa of Avila's poem Nada te turbe shows how Christians may recover important insights from their own tradition by reading these Muslim theological and spiritual sources.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Publishing group
Brill
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
630 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-420-1799-3 (9789042017993)
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Content
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Hospitality: The Threshold to Interreligious Dialogue
Chapter 2: Small Beginnings: Dialogue in Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Chapter 3: The significance of Dialogue Between Abrahamic Religions
Chapter 4: Contexts and Meanings of Interreligious Dialogue
Chapter 5: The Future of Interreligious Dialogue: Multiple Belonging
Chapter 6: Three Theologies of Religions and the Role of Comparative Theology
Chapter 7: Lights on the Way: Spiritual and Theological Masters of the Past
Chapter 8: More Lights on the Way: Spiritual and Theological Masters of the Present
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
Chapter 1: Hospitality: The Threshold to Interreligious Dialogue
Chapter 2: Small Beginnings: Dialogue in Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Chapter 3: The significance of Dialogue Between Abrahamic Religions
Chapter 4: Contexts and Meanings of Interreligious Dialogue
Chapter 5: The Future of Interreligious Dialogue: Multiple Belonging
Chapter 6: Three Theologies of Religions and the Role of Comparative Theology
Chapter 7: Lights on the Way: Spiritual and Theological Masters of the Past
Chapter 8: More Lights on the Way: Spiritual and Theological Masters of the Present
Bibliography
Index