Learning From Other Religions

"How can believers in one faith value another without either reducing all religion to some lowest common denominator or suggesting that other religions only partially anticipate one's own? David Brown persuasively argues that sometimes the greater insight lies elsewhere: learning from each other is actually essential to any religion's flourishing"--

List of contents

1. Complementary Shards; 2. Ancient Paganism and the Biblical God; 3. Different Eyes: Hinduism; 4. The Religions of India; 5. The Religions of China; 6. The Religions of Japan; 7. Islam: Warning or Hope; 8. Revelation's Enrichment; 9. Beyond Inclusivism and Pluralism.

About the author

David Brown, FBA, is Emeritus Wardlaw Professor of Theology, Aesthetics and Culture at the University of St Andrews. He was previously Fellow and Chaplain at Oriel College, Oxford, and Van Mildert Professor of Divinity at Durham University. An Anglo-Catholic of wide and sympathetic interests, he has also served as President of the Society for the Study of Theology (SST) and Deputy Chair of the Church of England's Doctrine Commission. His many substantial publications on theology, aspects of biblical revelation and art and culture have garnered much critical acclaim.

Product details

• Authors: David Brown, David (University of St Andrews Brown
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2023
• EAN: 9781009367707
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0936770-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / General, Religion: general, Religion and beliefs