Overview
The notion of Interreligious Studies signals a new academic perspective on the study of religion, characterized by a relational approach. Interreligious Studies defines the essential features of interreligious studies compared with alternative conceptions of religious studies and theology. The book discusses pressing and salient challenges in interreligious relations, including interreligious dialogue in practice and theory, interfaith dialogue and secularity, confrontational identity politics, faith-based diplomacy, the question of interfaith learning in school, and interreligious responses to extremism. Interreligious Studies is a cutting-edge study from one of the most important voices in Europe in the field, Oddbjørn Leirvik, and includes case study material from his native Norway including interreligious responses to the bomb attack in Norway on 22nd July 2011, as well as examples from a number of other national and global contexts Expanding discussions on interreligious dialogue and the relationship between religions in new and interesting ways, this book is a much-needed addition to the growing literature on interreligious studies.
Full Product Details
Author: Professor Oddbjørn Leirvik (University of Oslo, Norway)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.10cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.295kg
ISBN: 9781474254755
ISBN 10: 1474254756
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 16 July 2015
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
This book is valuable and a scholarly contribution to inter-religious and interfaith dialogue. As many of us in the religious academia are critically engaged to determine the place of inter-religious and interfaith dialogue in the academic study of religion, this book makes a remarkable contribution to this discussion. It will serve as a guide to the interfaith community to learn from the experience of interfaith dialogue in Norway and how to expand on their own. -- Muhammad Shafiq, Professor & Executive Director, The Hickey Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue, Nazareth College, USA Professor Leirvik has provided us with an insightful and stimulating introduction to the emerging field of Interreligious Studies that is likely to be an important and standard work in this area for years to come. Not only does he explain the rationale and background to this new and emerging field, but he also seeks to expand its boundaries and set out a compelling vision for it. At the heart of this is the concept of relationality which is explored with much nuance and clarity. The book draws many important theorists into the debate, and is at the cutting edge of thinking about interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary work in the study of religion, especially at the intersection of fields like theology, Religious Studies, ethics, critical theory, and sociology. All scholars who see their work as in any way related to the growing field of Interreligious Studies will feel indebted to Leirvik for this book. -- Dr Paul Hedges, Senior Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies, University of Winchester, UK
Author Information
Oddbjørn Leirvik is Professor of Interreligious Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is co-initiator of the European Society of Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies, and has written extensively in English and Norwegian on Christian-Muslim Relations and Interreligious Dialogue.
