No Longer the Same Religious Others and the Liberation of Christian Theology |
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| Author:
| Brockman, David R. |
| Series title: | New Approaches to Religion and Power Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-230-10943-8 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2012 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan
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| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $54.99 |
Book Description:
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This volume offers an accessible yet theologically innovative exploration of a question that is key to Christianity’s relation with the post/modern world: what happens to Christian theology when it follows its traditional habit of excluding religious others from the theological conversation? The central argument of this book is that the exclusion of non-Christian voices blinds Christian theology not only to its own character, but also to the God to whom it seeks to be...
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This volume offers an accessible yet theologically innovative exploration of a question that is key to Christianity’s relation with the post/modern world: what happens to Christian theology when it follows its traditional habit of excluding religious others from the theological conversation? The central argument of this book is that the exclusion of non-Christian voices blinds Christian theology not only to its own character, but also to the God to whom it seeks to be faithful. The work digs beneath the surface of the dominant modes of contemporary Western Christian theology to examine dynamics of inclusion, marginalization, and exclusion in theological discourse about religious others and identifies the negative effects of those dynamics on Christian theology itself.