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Jewish Theology and World Religions.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization SeriesPublisher: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (361 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781909821057
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jewish Theology and World ReligionsDDC classification:
  • 296.3/9
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration -- Towards a Jewish Theology of World Religions: Framing the Issues -- PART I: PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON JEWISH PLURALISM -- 1. Jewish Views ofWorld Religions: Four Models -- 2. Justifying Interreligious Pluralism -- 3. Pluralism out of the Sources of Judaism: The Quest for Religious Pluralism without Relativism -- 4. Respectful Disagreement: A Response to Raphael Jospe -- PART II: JUDAISM AND THE OTHER -- 5. Can Another Religion Be Seen as the Other? -- 6. The Violence of the Neutral in Interfaith Relations -- 7. Jewish Liturgical Memory and the Non-Jew: Past Realities and Future Possibilities -- PART III: JUDAISM AND WORLD RELIGIONS -- 8. Rethinking Christianity: Rabbinic Positions and Possibilities -- 9. Maimonides' Treatment of Christianity and its Normative Implications -- 10. The Banished Brother: Islam in Jewish Thought and Faith -- 11. Encountering Hinduism: Thinking Through Avodah Zarah -- 12. Judaism and Buddhism: A Jewish Approach to a Godless Religion -- Concluding Reflections -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Summary: The contributors to this volume represent a range of disciplines and denominations within Judaism and share the conviction that articulating contemporary Jewish views of other world religions is an urgent objective for Judaism. Their essays show why a Jewish theology of world religions is a priority for Jewish thinkers and educators concerned with reinvigorating Judaism's contribution to the contemporary world and maintaining Jewish identity and continuity.
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Cover -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration -- Towards a Jewish Theology of World Religions: Framing the Issues -- PART I: PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON JEWISH PLURALISM -- 1. Jewish Views ofWorld Religions: Four Models -- 2. Justifying Interreligious Pluralism -- 3. Pluralism out of the Sources of Judaism: The Quest for Religious Pluralism without Relativism -- 4. Respectful Disagreement: A Response to Raphael Jospe -- PART II: JUDAISM AND THE OTHER -- 5. Can Another Religion Be Seen as the Other? -- 6. The Violence of the Neutral in Interfaith Relations -- 7. Jewish Liturgical Memory and the Non-Jew: Past Realities and Future Possibilities -- PART III: JUDAISM AND WORLD RELIGIONS -- 8. Rethinking Christianity: Rabbinic Positions and Possibilities -- 9. Maimonides' Treatment of Christianity and its Normative Implications -- 10. The Banished Brother: Islam in Jewish Thought and Faith -- 11. Encountering Hinduism: Thinking Through Avodah Zarah -- 12. Judaism and Buddhism: A Jewish Approach to a Godless Religion -- Concluding Reflections -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

The contributors to this volume represent a range of disciplines and denominations within Judaism and share the conviction that articulating contemporary Jewish views of other world religions is an urgent objective for Judaism. Their essays show why a Jewish theology of world religions is a priority for Jewish thinkers and educators concerned with reinvigorating Judaism's contribution to the contemporary world and maintaining Jewish identity and continuity.

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