Interreligious Learning - Dialogue, Spirituality and the Christian Imagination

Informationen zum Autor Michael Barnes is Reader and Senior Lecturer in Interreligious Relations at Heythrop College, University of London. He has written a number of articles and books on interreligious relations, including Walking the City (1999), Traces of the Other (2000) and Theology and the Dialogue of Religions (Cambridge University Press, 2002). Klappentext Demonstrates how learning to engage with different religious traditions can deepen and reinvigorate one's own faith. Zusammenfassung In this vital contribution to current comparative theology studies! Michael Barnes puts learning at the centre of responsible interfaith dialogue. Discussing a Christian spirituality which builds on virtues of hospitality and welcoming of other traditions! this book demonstrates that learning about another's faith goes together with learning about one's own. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: dialogue and learning; 1. The middle of things; 2. Schools of faith; 3. Communities of conversation; 4. Thresholds of meaning; 5. The art of translation; 6. Mending memories; 7. Channelling desire; 8. Waiting on God; 9. The divine imperative; 10. Passion for justice; 11. Tragedy and loss; 12. Spirit of wonder; Conclusion: a spirituality of dialogue.

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Michael Barnes, Michael Barnes
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2011
• EAN: 9781107012844
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01284-4
• No. of pages: 306
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / General, Religion: general, Theology, Interfaith relations, Spirituality and religious experience