Theology of religions
Subtitle: through the lens of 'truth -as-openness'
By: by Graham Adams
Series: Theology; BRP, Brill research perspectives; Brill research perspectives
Publisher: Brill; BRILL
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
ISBN-13: 9789004398542
Subjects: Theology of religions (Christian theology)
Description: In 'Theology of Religions' Graham Adams maps and analyses the field of 'theology of religions' (ToR) and its various typologies, examining the assumptions in how religion is assessed. The purpose is to identify how contributions to ToR select and deselect material and trajectories, editing according to presuppositions and interests. Adams' analysis consciously relies on Andrew Shanks' Hegelian notion of 'ruth-as-openness' (divine hospitality) as it illuminates three dynamics, or 'scandals', within ToR. The first, concerned with how a religion's particularity or identity is constructed, is subdivided between 'particularity transcended' and 'particularity re-centred', along the lines of Jenny Daggers' postcolonial insights. The second concerns the interactions when one religion engages an Other's strangeness, and the third is concerned with how religions aim to transform socio-political systems that feign or obstruct universality, so as to effect ever greater solidarity. The text notes key trends, beyond Christianity and including deepening interdisciplinarity, and potential developments from a critical but constructive standpoint.