Beyond "holy wars"
Subtitle: forging sustainable peace through interreligious dialogue : a Christian perspective
By: Christoffer H. Grundmann
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781620329498
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Religions; Dialogue; Christianity and other religions; Religious aspects; Interfaith relations; Relations
Description: The 9/11 al-Qaeda attacks on the U.S. in 2001 shocked the world, not only because of their viciousness but also because of the disillusionment that ''holy wars'' are a phenomenon of the past. ''Holy wars,'' rather, are a reality in today's world too, threatening global peace like never before. In this volume Christoffer Grundmann pleads for the cultivation of religious literacy and interreglious dialogue. First, he attempts to regain an adequate understanding of religion by showing the incompatibility of abstract concepts of religion with religions actually lived. So Grundmann suggests perceiving religion as the lived relationship toward an Ultimate. Given that interreligious dialogue is communication about diverse ways of relating to the Ultimate, the religiously embedded, primarily Jewish philosophy of encounter and dialogical thinking--with its personalistic nature--comes into focus here as uniquely suited for such communication. Even though interreligious encounter implies risk, Christians cannot but engage in it fearlessly, says Grundmann, because they trust that the risen Christ will reveal himself anew as the one he really is, wherever and whenever Christians take part in dialogue with people of other faiths. --Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-185) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Interreligious dialogue: why and what for? : an introduction; title: Why is religion so prone to be hijacked by vested interests?; title: Tolerance, convivence, and "holy wars"; title: Dialogue, encounter, and dialogical thinking; title: Overcoming "holy wars": the Christian contribution.