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Author Shanks, Andrew, 1954-

Title Hegel versus 'Inter-Faith Dialogue' : a General Theory of True Xenophilia.

Publication Info. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource (274 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Contents Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; Introduction: The Basic Opposition between Faith and 'Faiths'; Part I The Criterion of Atonement; Chapter 1 Faith: The Primordial Ambiguity of the New Testament Notion; Paul; John; Chapter 2 What Hegel Brings; Hegel and Lessing: Systematic Xenophilia; The Three Canons of True 'Folk-Religion'; (a) Universal Reason; (b) Fancy, Heart and Sensibility; (c) Civility; Hegel's Study of Comparative Religion; Part II God's Experiments; Chapter 3 'Religion': Outlines of a Typology; The 'Axial Period'; A General Theory.
Chapter 4 Intra-Political ReligionChapter 5 Pre-Political Religion; Yajñavalkya; The Buddha; Samkhya-Yoga and Epicureanism; Chapter 6 Anti-Political Religion; 'Abrahamic' Monotheism; The Original Earthquake: Amos; Hosea's Response; After Hosea: 'The History of Israel' and Deutero-Isaiah; From Amos to Jesus; Part III Abrahamic Variations; Chapter 7 The Hazard of Faith; God Gambles; And Then Faith Enters into That Gamble; Pascal's Argument; James's Argument; Improving upon James's Version; Chapter 8 'Holy Anarchy'; Dissident Courage: Risks and Remedies.
'Watch Out, Be Glad, Get Ready to Be Changed'The Reversal of 'First' and 'Last'; Church as Transmission Strategy; Holy Anarchy/Sacred Licence; Obsession, Infestation, Riot, Feast; Chapter 9 Jesus and Hallaj; 'First-person Theology'/'Second-person Theology'; The Martyrdom of al-Hallaj; Hallaj's Writing; The Testimony of Louis Massignon; Other Verdicts on Hallaj; Providential Triangulation; Chapter 10 Holy Spirit/Shekhinah; 'Third-person Theology'; Tikkun: The Repairing of 'God'; God-in-Exile; Beyond Consolation; The Poetic Vision of Isaac Luria; Gnostic Radicalism without Gnostic Exclusivism.
Summary This volume argues that 'inter-faith' is a problematic term for Christian theology and advocates a Hegelian approach to religious diversity.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831.
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831.
Christianity -- Philosophy -- History -- 19th century.
Christianity -- Philosophy.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Religion -- Philosophy -- History -- 19th century.
Christianity and other religions.
Religion -- Philosophy.
RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
Christianity and other religions.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Shanks, Andrew. Hegel versus 'Inter-Faith Dialogue' : A General Theory of True Xenophilia. New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2015 9781107097360
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