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This volume builds on recent engagements with Barth in theologies of religion, and opens new conversation between Barth and comparative theology. In each of six religion-specific sections, two theologians offer focused engagements of Barth with themes and figures from another religious tradition, followed by response from a theologian from that tradition itself.
List of contents
Foreword: Some Reflections on Barth and Comparative Theology | ix
Francis X. ClooneyIntroduction | 1
Christian T. Collins Winn and Martha L. Moore-KeishI Barth and Judaism1 Comparative Theology, Comparative Wisdom, and Covenantal Logic | 19
Randi Rashkover2 Faith as Immunity to History? Rethinking Barth and Fackenheim | 36
Chris BoeselResponse to Part I | 57
Peter OchsII Barth and Buddhism3 Barth's Theology of Religion and D¿gen's Nondualism | 67
James Farwell4 Barth and Universal Salvation: A Mahayana Buddhist Perspective | 85
Pan-Chiu LaiResponse to Part II | 105
Paul KnitterIII Barth and Islam5 Analogies across Faiths: Barth and Ghazali on Speaking after Revelation | 115
Joshua Ralston6 Karl Barth and Parousia in Comparative Messianism | 137
Kurt Anders RichardsonResponse to Part III | 155
Mun'im SirryIV Barth and Hinduism7 God as Subject and Never Object to Us: Reading Kena Upani¿ad with Karl Barth and ¿äkara | 163
Marc A. Pugliese8 "Do Not Grieve": Reconciliation in Barth and Vedanta Desika | 184
John N. ShevelandResponse to Part IV | 203
Anantanand RambachanV Barth and African Traditional Religions9 Speaking about the Unspeakable: Conversing with Barth and Ejizu on Mediated Divine Action | 211
Victor I. Ezigbo10 Humanity and Destiny: A Theological Comparison of Karl Barth and African Traditional Religions | 228
Tim HartmanResponse to Part V | 249
Nimi WaribokoConclusion: Barth's Dreams: Religions as Scandal and Parable | 257
S. Mark HeimAcknowledgments | 265
List of Contributors | 267
About the author
Martha L. Moore-Keish (Edited By) Martha L. Moore-Keish is the J. B. Green Professor of Theology at Columbia Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia.
Christian T. Collins Winn (Edited By) Christian T. Collins Winn is Associate Professor of Theology and Chair of the Theology department at the Global Center for Advanced Studies College, Dublin.
Summary
This volume builds on recent engagements with Barth in theologies of religion, and opens new conversation between Barth and comparative theology. In each of six religion-specific sections, two theologians offer focused engagements of Barth with themes and figures from another religious tradition, followed by response from a theologian from that tradition itself.
