{"product_id":"comparative-theology-9781405179737","title":"Comparative Theology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing upon the author's three decades of work in comparative theology, this is a pertinent and comprehensive introduction to the field, which offers a clear guide to the reader, enabling them to engage in comparative study.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe author has three decades of experience of work in the field of comparative theology and is ideally placed to write this book\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eToday's increasing religious diversity makes this a pertinent and timely publication\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnique in the depth of its introduction and explanation of the discipline of comparative theology'\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides examples of how comparative theology works in the new global context of human religiosity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on examples specific to Hindu-Christian studies to show how it is possible to understand more deeply the wider diversity around us.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eClearly guides the reader, enabling them to engage in comparative study\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This marvelous book should stand as an invitation to many. I very much hope that it is taken up.”  (\u003ci\u003eHarvard\u003cbr\u003e Theological Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 April 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“In this context, Comparative Theology is a timely publication.”  (\u003ci\u003eTeaching Theology\u003c\/i\u003e, 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \"It's a fascinating book, all the same. I warmly recommend it .\" (Theology, 1 March 2011)  \u003cp\u003e\"Comparative Theology will be of interest to people looking for a method for interfaith dialogue that affirms the value of one's theological commitments and could serve well as a textbook for courses exploring interfaith theological discourse.\" (Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 1 January 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"But as this volume suggests, our interreligious milieu provides a new impetus not just for learning about our neighbors' faiths but learning from them. Francis X. Clooney, S.J., is a most trustworthy guide.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe National Catholic Weekly,\u003c\/i\u003e September 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Clooney's book thus provides an extremely needful, as well as accessible, contribution to the furthering of this developing discipline, and as such it is a very valuable piece of scholarship.\" (\u003ci\u003eAmerican Theological Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e, July 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments xi  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Starting Points 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Religious Diversity and Comparative Theology 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiversity around Us 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiversity within Us 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparative Theology as a Response to Twenty-first-Century Religious Diversity 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDistinguishing Comparative Theology from Related Disciplines 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparative Theology and the Academic Study of Religions 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparative Theology and Interreligious Dialogue 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparative Theology and the Theology of Religions 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparative Theology Autobiographically Grounded 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Limits of This Book 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLooking Ahead 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 In Generations Past: Some Ancestors to Today's Comparative Theology 24\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparative Theology and the Long History\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eof Christian Interreligious Reflection 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWestern Jesuit Scholars in India 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparative Theology as a Discipline (1699– ) 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Moderate Criticism of Missionary Scholarship and the Older Comparative Theology 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the End of the Era 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Comparative Theology Today 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Tracy 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKeith Ward 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRobert C. Neville 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Note on Raimon Panikkar 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames Fredericks 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Directions 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Theory (Back) to Practice 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Doing Theology Comparatively 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 From Theory to Practice 57\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Practice of (Comparative) Religious Reading 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntelligent Reading 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary as a Religious Practice 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterreligious Commentary 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeaving Room for Other Readers and Their Readings 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNecessarily Elite Choices 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Getting Particular: A Christian Studies Hinduism 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Importance of Focus 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Self)Identifying This Particular Comparative Theologian 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking a Map, Marking the Field: Hinduism in Brief 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting Particular: Mimamsa, Vedanta, and Srivaisnavism 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppreciating Similarities 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheistic Hinduism as a Useful and Comfortable Focus 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheology as a Hindu Discipline 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparative Theology in Hinduism and Other Traditions 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMy Comparative Theology, Indebted to Hindu Theologies 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 \"Learning to See\": Comparative Practice and the Widening of Theological Vision 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlenary Address at the Catholic Theology Society of America, 2003\u003c\/i\u003e 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNear a Goddess 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevi's Beauty, Devi's Pleasure 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRediscovering Mary 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMary and Her Son Jesus, through Muslim Eyes 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSojourner Truth's Liberating God 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll in Christ, but Still All 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVocation 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter \"Learning to See\"\u003c\/i\u003e 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Fruits of Comparison 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Theology After Comparison 111\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparative Theology and the Larger Work of Theology 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Multiple Responsibilities of the Comparative Theologian 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome Theological Presuppositions Implicit in Comparative Theology 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparative Theological Learning, in Particular 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eImago Dei\u003c\/i\u003e and Our Destiny in Bliss 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat \"Narayana\" Might Mean for the Christian 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEncountering Goddesses 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparative Theology and the Intensification of Devotion 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheology on a Smaller Scale 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 \"God for Us\" 128\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"God for Us\": An Essay\u003c\/i\u003e 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Verse, a Clue 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Hindus Thought about the Verse 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiving the Verse 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Verse and Its Wider Context 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Aside on How to See God and on How God Wills to Be Seen 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNoticing One's First Citizenship: Reflection on Ignatian Insight and My Home Citizenship 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Ignatius Had to Say 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome Contemporary Views of the Intensification and Emptying of the Imagination in the \u003ci\u003eSpiritual Exercises\u003c\/i\u003e 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMultiple Religious Belonging, Human but Also Divine 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"God for Us\" as Comparative Theology\u003c\/i\u003e 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Comparative Writer, Comparative Reader 154\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Comparative Theologian Transformed 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Comparative Theologian as Marginal Person 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Comparative Theologian's New Community 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTasks and Opportunities for the Reader 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond This Book 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 177\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default 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