| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 279 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"An interdisciplinary exploration of definitions, method, issues, and opportunities for interreligious studies as an academic field"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction / Hans Gustafson -- I. Sketching the field -- 2. Area, field, discipline / Oddbjørn Leirvik -- 3. Identifying the field of research / Geir Skeie -- 4. A civic approach to interfaith studies / Eboo Patel -- 5. The scholar, the theologian, and the activist / Marianne Moyaert -- 6. Lessons from a liminal saint / Mark E. Hanshaw -- 7. Interreligion and interdisciplinarity / Jeanine Diller -- 8. Interreligious or transreligious? / Anne Hege Grung -- |
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II. History and method -- 9. Historical precedents / Thomas Albert Howard -- 10. From comparison to conversation / Frans Wijsen -- 11. Ethnographic approaches and limitations / Nelly van doorn-Harder -- 12. Vitality of lived religion approaches / Hans Gustafson -- 13. Empirical approaches to interreligious relations / Ånund Brottveit -- 14. Ecumenical and interreligious / Aaron T. Hollander -- 15. Places and spaces of encounter / Timothy Parker -- |
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III. Theological and philosophical considerations -- 16. Grist for theological mills / J.R. Hustwit -- 17. Dialogical theology and praxis / Wolfram Weisse -- 18. Interreligious theology and truth seeking / Perry Schmidt-Leukel -- 19. Vivekananda's vision / Jeffery D. Long -- |
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IV. Contemporary challenges -- 20. Decolonizing the study of religion / Kevin Minister -- 21. Decolonizing interreligious studies / Paul Hedges -- 22. Secular imperatives / Kate McCarthy -- 23. (Neo)Liberal challenges / Brian K. Pennington -- 24. Complicating religious identity / Russell C.D. Arnold -- 25. In reactionary times / Rachel S. Mikva -- 26. Confronting xenoglossophobia / Caryn D. Riswold, Guenevere Black Ford -- 27. Kairos Palestine and autoimmune rejection / Peter A. Pettit -- |
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V. Praxis and possibility -- 28. Cross-cultural leadership as interfaith leadership / Barbara A. McGraw -- 29. Interreligious empathy / Catherine Cornille -- 30. Howard Thurman's mentorship of Zalman Schachter-Shalomi / Or N. Rose -- 31. Peacebuilding / Navras J. Aafreedi -- 32. Nation building / Asfa Widiyanto -- 33. Scholarship as activism / Jeannine Hill Fletcher -- 34. Dialogue and Christian-Muslim relations / Douglas Pratt -- 35. Gender and Christian-Muslim relations / Deanna Ferree Womack -- 36. Conclusion / Hans Gustafson. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religious thought.
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Religion.
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Religions.
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Religious pluralism.
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religion (discipline) |
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religions (belief systems, cultures) |
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Religion |
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Religions |
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Religious pluralism |
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Religious thought |
| Added Author |
Gustafson, Hans, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Interreligious studies Waco : Baylor University Press, 2020. 9781481312547 (DLC) 2020020811 |
| ISBN |
9781481312585 electronic book |
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1481312588 electronic book |
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9781481312578 mobi |
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148131257X mobi |
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9781481312561 electronic book |
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1481312561 electronic book |
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9781481312547 hardcover |
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