Towards a Jewish-Christian-Muslim Theology
Author:   David B. Burrell (University of Notre Dame, USA)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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9780470657553


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   18 April 2011
Format:   Hardback
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Towards a Jewish-Christian-Muslim Theology delineates the ways that Christianity, Islam, and the Jewish tradition have moved towards each another over the centuries and points to new pathways for contemporary theological work. Explores the development of the three Abrahamic traditions, brilliantly showing the way in which they have struggled with similar issues over the centuries Shows how the approach of each tradition can be used comparatively by the other traditions to illuminate and develop their own thinking Written by a renowned writer in philosophical theology, widely acclaimed for his comparative thinking on Jewish and Islamic theology A very timely book which moves forward the discussion at a period of intense inter-religious dialogue

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Author:   David B. Burrell (University of Notre Dame, USA)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.472kg
ISBN:  

9780470657553


ISBN 10:   0470657553
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   18 April 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1 1 Free Creation as a Shared Task for Jews, Christians, Muslims 9 2 Relating Divine Freedom with Human Freedom: Diverging and Converging Strategies 25 3 Human Initiative and Divine Grace: Augustine and Ghazali 51 4 Trust in Divine Providence: Tawakkul, “Abandonment,” and “Detachment” 63 5 The Point of it All: “Return,” Judgment, and “Second Coming” – Creation to Consummation 87 6 Realized Eschatology: Faith as a Mode of Knowing and Journeying 129 7 Respectfully Negotiating Outstanding Neuralgic Issues: Contradictions and Conversions 165 Epilog: Misuses and Abuses of Abrahamic Traditions 189 Index 193

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This is a challenging, sensitive, appreciative, deep and broad-minded book. ( The Muslim World Book Review , 2012) Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and above. (Choice, 1 December 2011)


Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and above. (Choice, 1 December 2011)


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David B. Burrell, Hesburgh Professor emeritus at University of Notre Dame, teaches Ethics and Development at Uganda Martyrs University. He has published extensively in comparative issues in philosophical theology in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and is the author of Faith and Freedom (2006), Wiley-Blackwell.

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