Description
Book SynopsisThis volume builds on recent engagements with Barth in theologies of religion, and opens new conversation between Barth and comparative theology. In each of six religion-specific sections, two theologians offer focused engagements of Barth with themes and figures from another religious tradition, followed by response from a theologian from that tradition itself.
Table of ContentsForeword: Some Reflections on Barth and Comparative Theology | ix
Francis X. Clooney
Introduction | 1
Christian T. Collins Winn and Martha L. Moore-Keish
I Barth and Judaism
1 Comparative Theology, Comparative Wisdom, and Covenantal Logic | 19
Randi Rashkover
2 Faith as Immunity to History? Rethinking Barth and Fackenheim | 36
Chris Boesel
Response to Part I | 57
Peter Ochs
II Barth and Buddhism
3 Barth’s Theology of Religion and Dōgen’s Nondualism | 67
James Farwell
4 Barth and Universal Salvation: A Mahayana Buddhist Perspective | 85
Pan-Chiu Lai
Response to Part II | 105
Paul Knitter
III Barth and Islam
5 Analogies across Faiths: Barth and Ghazali on Speaking after Revelation | 115
Joshua Ralston
6 Karl Barth and Parousia in Comparative Messianism | 137
Kurt Anders Richardson
Response to Part III | 155
Mun‘im Sirry
IV Barth and Hinduism
7 God as Subject and Never Object to Us: Reading Kena Upaniṣad with Karl Barth and Śaṅkara | 163
Marc A. Pugliese
8 “Do Not Grieve”: Reconciliation in Barth and Vedanta Desika | 184
John N. Sheveland
Response to Part IV | 203
Anantanand Rambachan
V Barth and African Traditional Religions
9 Speaking about the Unspeakable: Conversing with Barth and Ejizu on Mediated Divine Action | 211
Victor I. Ezigbo
10 Humanity and Destiny: A Theological Comparison of Karl Barth and African Traditional Religions | 228
Tim Hartman
Response to Part V | 249
Nimi Wariboko
Conclusion: Barth’s Dreams: Religions as Scandal and Parable | 257
S. Mark Heim
Acknowledgments | 265
List of Contributors | 267
