Sharing Lights on the Way to God

Muslim-Christian Dialogue and Theology in the Context of Abrahamic Partnership
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-90-420-1799-3
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 26, 390 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

Reihe: Currents of Encounter

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 Gülen, 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Valkenberg, Pim

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam und Weltreligionen, Weltethos
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Christentum und Weltreligionen, Weltethos
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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