Myself, Only Moreso: Conditions for the Possibility of Transreligious Theology
Transreligious theologians are posed with a number of difficult questions. First, how can I understand the beliefs and practices of a worldview I do not share? Then, once I begin to construct and synthesize truth claims, how normative are the source traditions? Finally, how do we transreligious theo...
| Published in: | Open theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2016
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| In: |
Open theology
Year: 2016, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 236–241 |
| Further subjects: | B
Comparative Theology
B Hermeneutics B Interreligious Dialogue B Gadamer B Ricoeur B Interfaith Dialogue B transreligious theology |
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| Summary: | Transreligious theologians are posed with a number of difficult questions. First, how can I understand the beliefs and practices of a worldview I do not share? Then, once I begin to construct and synthesize truth claims, how normative are the source traditions? Finally, how do we transreligious theologians judge truth claims as better and worse? By offering answers to these questions using a model of critical interreligious appropriation, we may find a basis for a critical transreligious theology that avoids naïve syncretisms and pernicious incommensurability. |
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| ISSN: | 2300-6579 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Open theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/opth-2016-0018 |