Judaism and World Religions [electronic resource] : Encountering Christianity, Islam, and Eastern Traditions /
Brill, A.author.
Provides the first extensive collection of traditional and academic Jewish approaches to the religions of the world, focusing on those Jewish thinkers that actually encounter the other world religions -that is, it moves beyond the theory of inclusive/exclusive/pluralistic categories and looks at Judaism's interactions with other faiths.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Recognizing Others; 2 Jewish Views of Religion; 3 Christianity: From Disputation to Difference; 4 Christianity: Covenants and Dialogue; 5 Christianity: Commonalities and New Understandings; 6 Islam: Scripture, Prophecy, and Piety; 7 Islam: Scholarship and Existential Attitude; 8 Hinduism and Indian Religions; 9 Buddhist Encounters; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Provides the first extensive collection of traditional and academic Jewish approaches to the religions of the world, focusing on those Jewish thinkers that actually encounter the other world religions -that is, it moves beyond the theory of inclusive/exclusive/pluralistic categories and looks at Judaism's interactions with other faiths.
Religion and sociology.
Religion.
Religions.
Judaism—Doctrines.
Judaism.
Psychology and religion.
Sociology of Religion.
Religious Studies, general.
Comparative Religion.
Jewish Theology.
Judaism.
Religion and Psychology.