{"product_id":"comparative-theology-9781405179744","title":"Comparative Theology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing upon the author   s three decades of work incomparative theology, this is a pertinent and comprehensiveintroduction to the field, which offers a clear guide to thereader, enabling them to engage in comparative study.\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 \"There is much to admire in this short but insightful book - not least the background that Clooney sketches: the genealogy of the term ‘comparative theology' and the summary of various contemporary comparativists, from Raimon Pannikkar, Robert Neville and Keith Ward to a whole school of younger scholars which is beginning to emerge, especially in the United States.\" (The Way,1 April 2011)  \u003cp\u003e\"It's a fascinating book, all the same. I warmly recommend it .\" (Theology, 1 March 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \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\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \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 of 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\u003e\u003ci\u003e David Tracy 42\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e Keith Ward 43\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e Robert C. Neville 45\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e A Note on \u003ci\u003eRaimon Panikkar\u003c\/i\u003e 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e James Fredericks 49\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e New Directions 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e From 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\u003e The Practice of (Comparative) Religious Reading 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Intelligent Reading 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Commentary as a Religious Practice 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Interreligious Commentary 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Leaving Room for Other Readers and Their Readings 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Necessarily Elite Choices 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Getting Particular: A Christian Studies Hinduism 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The Importance of Focus 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e (Self)Identifying This Particular Comparative Theologian 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Making a Map, Marking the Field:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Hinduism in Brief 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Getting Particular: Mimamsa, Vedanta, and Srivaisnavism 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Appreciating Similarities 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Theistic Hinduism as a Useful and Comfortable Focus 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Theology as a Hindu Discipline 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Comparative 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 Plenary Address at the Catholic Theology Society of America, 2003 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Near a Goddess 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Devi’s Beauty, Devi’s Pleasure 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Rediscovering Mary 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Mary and Her Son Jesus, through Muslim Eyes 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Sojourner Truth’s Liberating God 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e All in Christ, but Still All 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Vocation 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e After “Learning to See” 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\u003e Comparative Theology and the Larger Work of Theology 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The Multiple Responsibilities of the Comparative Theologian 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Some Theological Presuppositions Implicit in Comparative Theology 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Comparative Theological Learning, in Particular 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The Imago Dei and Our Destiny in Bliss 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e What “Narayana” Might Mean for the Christian 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Encountering Goddesses 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Comparative Theology and the Intensification of Devotion 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Theology on a Smaller Scale 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 “God for Us” 128\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“God for Us”: An Essay 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e A Verse, a Clue 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e What Hindus Thought about the Verse 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Living the Verse 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Verse and Its Wider Context 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e An Aside on How to See God and on How God Wills to Be Seen 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Noticing One’s First Citizenship: Reflection on Ignatian Insight and My Home Citizenship 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e What Ignatius Had to Say 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Some Contemporary Views of the Intensification and Emptying of the Imagination in the Spiritual Exercises 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Multiple Religious Belonging, Human but Also Divine 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e “God for Us” as Comparative Theology 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Comparative Writer, Comparative Reader 154\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The Comparative Theologian Transformed 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The Comparative Theologian as Marginal Person 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The Comparative Theologian’s New Community 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Tasks and Opportunities for the Reader 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Beyond 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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