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This book explores the ideals of liberation theology from the perspectives of major religious traditions, including Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and the neo-Vedanta and Advaita Hindu traditions. The goal of this volume is not to explain the Christian liberation theology tradition and then assess whether the non-Christian liberation theologies meet the Christian standards. Rather, authors use comparative/interreligious methodologies to offer new insights on liberation theology and begin a dialogue on how to build interreligious liberation theologies. The goal is to make liberation theology more inclusive of religious diversity beyond traditional Christian categories.
List of contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Confessing Tawhid and the Trinity: Toward a Christian-Muslim Liberation Theology.- 3. The Politics of Paradigms: Liberation and Difference in Islam and Christianity.- 4. Human Rights as 'Law of Nations' in Conversation with Contemporary Christian and Islamic Liberation Theologies.- 5. Fixing a God's Mess: Jewish Tikkun Olam and Interreligious Action.- 6. "Work Is Worship" Swami Vivekananda's Philosophy of Seva and its Contribution to the Gandhian Ethos.- 7. 'Looking Upon All Beings As One's Self': Insights from Advaita Hinduism for Racial Justice within Christian Theology and Liberative Praxis.- 8. Envisioning a Dharmic Society: Re-telling a traditional Buddhist Tale.- 9. Decolonizing and Indigenizing Liberation Theology.- 10. Mississippi's Voices Against Extremism Project: A Case Study in Inclusive Interfaith Leadership.- 11. Afterword.
About the author
Hussam S. Timani is Professor of Philosophy and Religion and Co-Director of the Middle East and North Africa Studies Program at Christopher Newport University, USA.
Loye Sekihata Ashton is Visiting Associate Professor of Research (ethics and technology) at Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan, and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Tougaloo College, USA.
Summary
This book explores the ideals of liberation theology from the perspectives of major religious traditions, including Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and the neo-Vedanta and Advaita Hindu traditions. The goal of this volume is not to explain the Christian liberation theology tradition and then assess whether the non-Christian liberation theologies meet the Christian standards. Rather, authors use comparative/interreligious methodologies to offer new insights on liberation theology and begin a dialogue on how to build interreligious liberation theologies. The goal is to make liberation theology more inclusive of religious diversity beyond traditional Christian categories.
