Comparing Faithfully: Insights for Systematic Theological Reflection
Comparing Faithfully: Insights for Systematic Theological Reflection
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Abstract
In recent decades, comparative theology has emerged as a method of thinking as an adherent to a particular religious tradition, through deep and focused conversation with another tradition. This discipline has the potential to enrich Christian systematic theology and, by extension, theological education, at its foundations. For this purpose, Comparing Faithfully: Insights for Systematic Theological Reflection reconsiders five central areas of Christian doctrinal reflection in light of focused interreligious readings, as a resource for pastors and theology students. The dialogical format of the book creates conversations about the doctrine of God, theodicy, humanity, Christology, and soteriology. The comparative essays span examples from Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim, Jain, and Confucian traditions, Aztec theology, and contemporary “spiritual but not religious” thought, to offer exciting new perspectives on Christian doctrine.
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Front Matter
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Introduction: A Place for Comparative Theology in Christian Systematic Reflection
Michelle Voss Roberts
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Part I Divinity
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The Dance of Emptiness: A Constructive Comparative Theology of the Social Trinity
Jon Paul Sydnor
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Flower and Song: A Comparative Study on Teotlizing in Aztec Theology and Karl Rahner’s View of Divine Self-Disclosure
Elaine Padilla
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Comparative Theology and the Postmodern God of “Perhaps”: A Response to Sydnor and Padilla
Kristin Beise Kiblinger
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The Dance of Emptiness: A Constructive Comparative Theology of the Social Trinity
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Part II Theodicy
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Developing Christian Theodicy in Conversation with Navid Kermani
Klaus von Stosch
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Like a Dog’s Curly Tail: Finding Perfection in a World of Imperfection: A Hindu Theodicy in the Tradition of Sri Ramakrishna
Jeffery D. Long
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“Only Goodness Matters”: Reflections on Theodicy With Klaus von Stosch and Jeffery Long
Wendy Farley
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Developing Christian Theodicy in Conversation with Navid Kermani
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Part III Humanity
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Part IV Christology
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Part V Soteriology
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The Way(s) of Salvation: The Function of the Law in John Calvin and Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali
Joshua Ralston
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Sleeper, Awake: Considering the Soteriological Promise of Popular Spiritual Gurus
Sharon V. Betcher
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Salvation in the After-Living: Reflections on Salvation With Joshua Ralston and Sharon Betcher
Shelly Rambo
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The Way(s) of Salvation: The Function of the Law in John Calvin and Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali
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End Matter
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