Judaism and world religions
Subtitle: encountering Christianity, Islam, and Eastern traditions
By: Alan Brill
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780230103696
Subjects: RELIGION / Psychology of Religion; Religions; Judaism; RELIGION / Judaism / General; RELIGION / Judaism / Theology; Relations
Description: "This companion volume to Judaism and Other Religions 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 of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism--that is, it moves beyond the theory of inclusive/exclusive/pluralistic categories and looks at Judaism's interactions with other faiths in practice. "--

"Judaism and World Religions is essential for a Jewish theological understanding of the various issues in encounters with the other major religions. With passion and clarity, Brill argues that in today's world of strong religious passions and intolerance, it is necessary to go beyond secular tolerance toward moderate religious positions. Brill outlines strategies for Jews who want to remain true to traditional sources while interacting with the diversity of the world's religions. With insight and scholarship, Alan Brill crisply outlines the Jewish approaches to other religions for an age of globalization"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Encountering World Religions * Comparing Religions * Christianity: Medieval Encounters and Modern Existential Tensions * Christianity: Covenant Theology * Christianity: Creating Comparisons * Islam: Prophetic Religions * Islam: Creating Comparisons and Modern Tensions * Eastern Religions: Classical Encounters * Eastern Religions: Creating Comparisons and New Encounters * Globalization.