God beyond boundaries
Subtitle: a Christian and pluralist theology of religions
By: Perry Schmidt-Leukel ; translated into English by Ulrike Guthrie, Carolina Weening, Charlie Cahill, and Perry Schmidt-Leukel
Contributors: Guthrie, Ulrike R. M., translator
Publisher: Waxmann
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Münster
Language: eng
Number of pages: 481
ISBN-13: 9783830937395; 9783830987390
Subjects: Christianity and other religions; Religious pluralism; Christianity; Theology
Work titles: Gott ohne Grenzen
Description: An introduction to the crucial issues of a Christian theology of religions. Written as a defence of a pluralist position, it has three major parts: part I argues the need for a pluralist theology of religions; part II discusses the systematic presuppositions of the pluralist position; and part III demonstrates the strength of the pluralist option in relation to Jewish-Christian, Muslim-Christian, Hindu-Christian and Buddhist-Christian dialogue
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-473) and index.
Table of contents: title: Theology of religions : what's it about?; title: Classifying the options; title: A critique of Christian exclusivism; title: A critique of Christian inclusivism; title: Religious pluralism; title: Belief in a transcendent reality; title: Revelation and experience; title: Religious language and experience; title: Revelation, salvation, and religion; title: Revelation, incarnation, and the mediation of salvation; title: Christianity and Judaism; title: Christianity and Islam; title: Christianity and Hinduism; title: Christianity and Buddhism; title: Steps to the future.