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This book argues that Christian theology must be done in conversation with other religions. The book integrates theology of religious diversity, comparative theology, and constructive theology by moving beyond reified accounts of "religions" that make interreligious learning impossible. The author proposes a new theory of the religious that celebrates interreligious learning.
List of contents
Preface: Autobiography and Comparative Theology | xi
Note on Transliteration | xix
Introduction: Revisiting an Old Tale | 1
1 Religious Difference and Christian Theology: Thinking About,
Thinking With, and Thinking Through | 21
2 The Limits and Promise of Exclusivism and Inclusivism:
Assessing Major Options in Theologies of Religious Diversity | 41
3 No One Ascends Alone: Toward a Relational Pluralism | 70
4 Comparative Theology after Religion? | 108
5 Defining the Religious: Comprehensive Qualitative Orientation | 152
6 The Hospitality of Receiving: Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther
King, Jr., and Interreligious Learning | 193
7 God as Ground, Singularity, and Relation: Trinity and Religious Diversity | 213
8 This Is Not a Conclusion | 249
Acknowledgments | 259
Notes | 263
Index | 289
About the author
John J. Thatamanil
Summary
This book argues that Christian theology must be done in conversation with other religions. The book integrates theology of religious diversity, comparative theology, and constructive theology by moving beyond reified accounts of “religions” that make interreligious learning impossible. The author proposes a new theory of the religious that celebrates interreligious learning.
