{"product_id":"circling-the-elephant-9780823288526","title":"Circling the Elephant","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristian theologians have for some decades affirmed that they have no monopoly on encounters with God or ultimate reality and that other religions also have access to religious truth and transformation. If that is the case, the time has come for Christians not only to learn about but also from their religious neighbors. \u003ci\u003eCircling the Elephant \u003c\/i\u003eaffirms that the best way to be truly open to the mystery of the infinite is to move away from defensive postures of religious isolationism and self-sufficiency and to move, in vulnerability and openness, toward the mystery of the neighbor.\u003cbr\u003eEmploying the ancient Indian allegory of the elephant and blind(folded) men, John J. Thatamanil argues for the integration of three often-separated theological projects: theologies of religious diversity (the work of accounting for why there are so many different understandings of the elephant), comparative theology (the venture of walking over to a different side of the elephant), and constructi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface: Autobiography and Comparative Theology\u003c\/i\u003e | xi\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNote on Transliteration\u003c\/i\u003e | xix\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e: Revisiting an Old Tale | 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e Religious Difference and Christian Theology: Thinking About,\u003cbr\u003e Thinking With, and Thinking Through | 21\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2\u003c\/b\u003e The Limits and Promise of Exclusivism and Inclusivism: \u003cbr\u003e Assessing Major Options in Theologies of Religious Diversity | 41\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3\u003c\/b\u003e No One Ascends Alone: Toward a Relational Pluralism | 70\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4\u003c\/b\u003e Comparative Theology after Religion? | 108\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5\u003c\/b\u003e Defining the Religious: Comprehensive Qualitative Orientation | 152\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6\u003c\/b\u003e The Hospitality of Receiving: Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther\u003cbr\u003e King, Jr., and Interreligious Learning | 193\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e7\u003c\/b\u003e God as Ground, Singularity, and Relation: Trinity and Religious Diversity | 213\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e8\u003c\/b\u003e This Is Not a Conclusion | 249\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e | 259\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e | 263\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e | 289\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406160404823,"sku":"9780823288526","price":71.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780823288526.jpg?v=1730494739","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/circling-the-elephant-9780823288526","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}