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In Hope and Otherness, Jakob Wirén analyses the place and role of the religious Other in contemporary eschatology. In connection with this theme, he examines and compares different levels of inclusion and exclusion in Christian, Muslim, and Jewish eschatologies. He argues that a distinction should be made in approaches to this issue between soteriological openness and eschatological openness. By going beyond Christian theology and also looking to Muslim and Jewish sources and by combining the question of the religious Other with eschatology, Wirén explores ways of articulating Christian eschatology in light of religious otherness, and provides a new and vital slant to the threefold paradigm of exclusivism, inclusivism and pluralism that has been prevalent in the theology of religions. “Jakob Wirén’s study pushes forward the frontiers of three disciplines all at the same time: theology of religions; comparative religions and eschatology. (…) This is a challenging and important book.” - Gavin D'Costa, University of Bristol, Professor of Catholic Theology, 2017 “This book explores of the status of religious others in Christian eschatology, and of eschatology itself as a privileged place for reflecting on religious otherness. Wiren mines not only Christian, but also Jewish and Muslim sources to develop an inclusive eschatology. Hope and Otherness thus represents an important contribution to both theology of religions and comparative theology.” - Catherine Cornille, Boston College, Professor of Comparative Theology, 2017

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Author:   Jakob W. Wirén
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   56
Weight:   0.518kg
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9789004357051

ISBN 10:   900435705
Pages:   316
Publication Date:   16 November 2017
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Table of Contents

Preface 1 Introduction  1.1 The Task  1.2 The Context of This Study   Theologies of Religions: Introduction   The Threefold Paradigm   The Threefold Paradigm and This Study   Beyond the Threefold Paradigm? i: Particularism as a Fourth Option   Beyond the Threefold Paradigm? ii: Comparative Theology  1.3 Methodological Considerations   The Method of Correlation   A Revised Method of Correlation   A Revised Method of Correlation as Comparative Theology?   Introducing the Heuristic Tools  1.4 Material  1.5 Terminological Considerations   How Some of the Terms are Interrelated   The Concepts of Hope and Eschatology   The Concepts of Other and Otherness   Otherness and Theological Integrity  1.6 The Structure of This Study 2 Christian Eschatologies and the Religious Other  2.1 Introduction   Eschatological Positions vis-à-vis the Religious Other  2.2 The Foundation: Four Cornerstones   Truth and the Religious Other: Joseph Ratzinger   Hope and the Religious Other: Jürgen Moltmann   History and the Religious Other: Wolfhart Pannenberg   The Real and the Religious Other: John Hick  2.3 The Rise of the Notion of the Religious Other in Christian Eschatology   ‘Old Doctrines for New Jobs’: Gavin D’Costa   Respecting Other’s Religious Ends: S. Mark Heim  2.4 Conclusion: Heuristic Tools 3 A Wider Horizon: Hope and Otherness in Muslim and Jewish Eschatologies  3.1 Introduction  3.2 Hope and Otherness in Muslim Eschatologies   Introduction   A Taxonomy of Contemporary Muslim Thinkers   Introducing Muslim Theologies of Religions   Picturing Paradise: Mujtaba Musavi Lari   Eschatology and Ethical Criteria: Fazlur Rahman   The Vision of Islam: William C. Chittick   Revisiting the Heuristic Tools  3.3 Jewish Eschatologies   Introduction   Contemporary Jewish Theology   Introducing Jewish Theologies of Religions   Election: Michael Wyschogrod and the Chosen People   The Messiah: Steven Schwarzschild and a Theology of Waiting   The Resurrection of the Dead: Neil Gillman and the Hereafter   Revisiting the Heuristic Tools  3.4 Conclusion: Heuristic Tools 4 Towards a Christian Eschatology with Theological Integrity for the Religious Other  4.1 Introduction  4.2 Theological Space: Religious Otherness Reassessed   Introduction   Contributions from Muslim and Jewish Eschatologies   Linguistic Hospitality   Death and Otherness  4.3 Theological Interplay: Eschatological Otherness Reassessed   Introduction   Contributions of Muslim and Jewish Eschatologies   The Apophatic Nature of the Eschaton   A Tradition-Specific Determination of the Eschaton?  4.4 The Heavenly Banquet   The Feast as a Human Symbol   The Feast as a Religious Symbol   The Heavenly Banquet as a Christian Symbol  4.5 Conclusion References Index of Names Index of Subjects

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Jakob Wiren's study pushes forward the frontiers of three disciplines all at the same time: theology of religions; comparative religions and eschatology. He sophisticatedly explores how Christian, Jewish and Muslim eschatologies are open to the religious `Other'. He then returns to his own Christian theological tradition to incorporate what he has discovered to develop a more eschatologically open picture, while keeping Christologically rooted and liturgically relevant. This is a challenging and important book. - Gavin D'Costa, University of Bristol, Professor of Catholic Theology. This book explores of the status of religious others in Christian eschatology, and of eschatology itself as a privileged place for reflecting on religious otherness. Wiren mines not only Christian, but also Jewish and Muslim sources to develop an inclusive eschatology. Hope and Otherness thus represents an important contribution to both theology of religions and comparative theology. - Catherine Cornille, Boston College, Professor of Comparative Theology.

Jakob Wiren's study pushes forward the frontiers of three disciplines all at the same time: theology of religions; comparative religions and eschatology. (...) This is a challenging and important book. ̶- Gavin D'Costa, University of Bristol, Professor of Catholic Theology, May 2017 This book explores of the status of religious others in Christian eschatology, and of eschatology itself as a privileged place for reflecting on religious otherness. Wiren mines not only Christian, but also Jewish and Muslim sources to develop an inclusive eschatology. - Catherine Cornille, Boston College, Professor of Comparative Theology, May 2017

Jakob Wiren's study pushes forward the frontiers of three disciplines all at the same time: theology of religions; comparative religions and eschatology. He sophisticatedly explores how Christian, Jewish and Muslim eschatologies are open to the religious 'Other'. He then returns to his own Christian theological tradition to incorporate what he has discovered to develop a more eschatologically open picture, while keeping Christologically rooted and liturgically relevant. This is a challenging and important book. - Gavin D'Costa, University of Bristol, Professor of Catholic Theology. This book explores of the status of religious others in Christian eschatology, and of eschatology itself as a privileged place for reflecting on religious otherness. Wiren mines not only Christian, but also Jewish and Muslim sources to develop an inclusive eschatology. Hope and Otherness thus represents an important contribution to both theology of religions and comparative theology. - Catherine Cornille, Boston College, Professor of Comparative Theology.

Jakob Wiren's study pushes forward the frontiers of three disciplines all at the same time: theology of religions; comparative religions and eschatology. He sophisticatedly explores how Christian, Jewish and Muslim eschatologies are open to the religious `Other'. He then returns to his own Christian theological tradition to incorporate what he has discovered to develop a more eschatologically open picture, while keeping Christologically rooted and liturgically relevant. This is a challenging and important book. ̶- Gavin D'Costa, University of Bristol, Professor of Catholic Theology. This book explores of the status of religious others in Christian eschatology, and of eschatology itself as a privileged place for reflecting on religious otherness. Wiren mines not only Christian, but also Jewish and Muslim sources to develop an inclusive eschatology. Hope and Otherness thus represents an important contribution to both theology of religions and comparative theology. - Catherine Cornille, Boston College, Professor of Comparative Theology.

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Jakob Wirén, Ph.D. (2013), is Reader in Systematic Theology at Lund University and research fellow at the Church of Sweden Research Unit. He is also the theological advisor of Archbishop Antje Jackelén. Jakob Wirén’s most recent book is Utmaningsdriven undervisning (Verbum 2017).

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