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Francis X. Clooney, S.J. (Edited By) Francis X. Clooney, SJ, is Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Theology at Harvard Divinity School.
Klaus von Stosch (Edited By) Klaus von Stosch is Professor of Systematic Theology and head of the Centre of Comparative Theology and Cultural Studies at the University of Paderborn, Germany.
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Introduction: Francis X. Clooney, SJ, and Klaus von Stosch
I Doing Comparative Theology - As Theology1.Catherine Cornille: The Problem of Choice in Comparative Theology
2.Klaus von Stosch: Reflecting on Approaches to Jesus in the Qur'an from the Perspective of Comparative Theology
3.Aaron Langenfeld: The Moment of Truth: Comparative and Dogmatic Theology
4.Hugh Nicholson: Rhetorics of Theological One-Upsmanship in Christianity and Buddhism: Athanasius' Polemic against the Arians and Vasubandhu's Refutation of Pudgalav¿da Buddhism
5.Axel Marc Takács: "An Interpreter and Not a Judge:" Insights into a Christian-Islamic Comparative Theology
6.Glenn Willis: Necessary Imperfection: Notes for the Cultured Despisers of Comparison
II Comparative Theology Is What Comparative Theology Does7.Michelle Voss-Roberts: Embodiment, Anthropology, and Comparison: Thinking-Feeling with Non-Dual Saivism
8.Marianne Moyaert: Comparative Theology after the Shoah: Risks, pivots and opportunities of Comparing traditions
9.Muna Tatari: Justice and Mercy: Using Comparative Insights for Developing Kalam
10.Francis X. Clooney, SJ: Difficult Remainders: Seeking Comparative Theology's Really Difficult Other
11.Shoshana Razel: Sagi Nahor-Enough Light: Dialectic Tension Between Luminescent Resonance and Blind Assumption in Comparative Theology
III Recognizing Comparative Theology by Its Fruits12.Emma O'Donnell: Methodological Considerations on the Role of Experience in Comparative Theology
13.Brad Bannon: Incarnational Speech: Comparative Theology as Learning to Hear and Preach
14.Michael Barnes, SJ: Living Interreligiously: On the 'pastoral style' of Comparative Theology
15.Stephanie Corigliano: Theologizing for the Yoga Community? Commitment and Hybridity in Comparative Theology
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Francis X. Clooney, S.J. (Edited By) Francis X. Clooney, SJ, is Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Theology at Harvard Divinity School.
Klaus von Stosch (Edited By) Klaus von Stosch is Professor of Systematic Theology and head of the Centre of Comparative Theology and Cultural Studies at the University of Paderborn, Germany.