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Informationen zum Autor Alon Goshen-Gottstein is founder and director of the Elijah Interfaith Institute. A noted scholar of Jewish studies, he has held academic posts at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University and has served as director of the Center for the Study of Rabbinic Thought, Beit Morasha College, Jerusalem. Klappentext This book presents a comparative view of five religious traditions' resources for developing a positive appreciation for the religious other. Moving from hostility to theological hospitality and seeking the flourishing of the religious other, these traditions can offer the finest teachings on otherness and provide much needed alternatives to common perceptions of interreligious relations. Zusammenfassung This book presents a comparative view of five religious traditions' resources for developing a positive appreciation for the religious other. Moving from hostility to theological hospitality and seeking the flourishing of the religious other! these traditions can offer the finest teachings on otherness and provide much needed alternatives to common perceptions of interreligious relations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword, Alon Goshen-GottsteinChapter 1: Overview: Themes and Problematics, Alon Goshen-GottsteinChapter 2: Judaism: The Battle for Survival, the Struggle for Compassion, Alon Goshen-GottsteinChapter 3: Making Room for the Other: Hostility and Hospitality from a Christian Perspective, Stephen W. SykesChapter 4: Islam: Epistemological Crisis, Theological Hostility, and the Problem of Difference, Vincent J. CornellChapter 5: HinduismPart 1: Metaphysical Unity, Phenomenological Diversity, and the Approach to the Other: An Advaita Vedanta Position, Ashok VohraPart 2: Hinduism and the Other: A Madhava Position, Deepak SarmaChapter 6: Buddhism, Richard P. HayesAddendum: More on the Mah¿y¿na Perspective, Dharma Master Hsin TaoChapter 7: Conclusion: Comparative Perspectives, Collective Tasks, Alon Goshen-GottsteinAfterword, Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks...
