Towards a Jewish-Christian-Muslim Theology delineates the ways that Christianity, Islam, and the Jewish tradition have moved towards each another over the centuries and points to new pathways for contemporary theological work. Explores the development of the three Abrahamic traditions, brilliantly showing the way in which they have struggled with similar issues over the centuries Shows how the approach of each tradition can be used comparatively by the other traditions to illuminate and develop their own thinking Written by a renowned writer in philosophical theology, widely acclaimed for his comparative thinking on Jewish and Islamic theology A very timely book which moves forward the discussion at a period of intense inter-religious dialogue
| ISBN | 0470657553 | | Pages | 224 | | ISBN13 | 9780470657553
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 472 | | Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | | Published in | Chicester | | Imprint | Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) | | Series title | Challenges in Contemporary Theology | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 235 | | Publication date | 15 Apr 2011 | | Width (mm) | 155 | | DEWEY | 202 | | Spine width (mm) | 17 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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Preface: Road to this Inquiry: from Marcel Dubois to Anawati/Gardet, and Vatican II to current exchanges. Introduction. 1. Free creation as a shared task for Jews, Christians, Muslims. 2. Relating divine freedom and human freedom: diverging and converging strategies. 3. Human initiative and divine grace: Augustine and Ghazali. 4. Trust in divine providence: al-Ghazali, deCaussade, and Maimonides. 5. The point of it all: creation to consummation, 'return', judgment, and 'second coming', with John of the Cross and Edith Stein, Ibn Arabi and Meister Eckhart, Moses Maimonides. 6. Realized eschatology: stories displaying faith as a mode of knowing and journeying. 7. Respectfully negotiating outstanding neuralgic issues: contradictions and conversions. Epilogue: Misuses and Abuses of Abrahamic Traditions.
"Burrell's work is highly learned ...This is not an easy book, but it is well worth the effort in wrestling with as we attempt to come to our own answers to such vexed questions." ( Regent's Reviews , 2012) "This is a challenging, sensitive, appreciative, deep and broad-minded book." ( The Muslim World Book Review , 2012) "Burrell encourages dialogue between persons -- conversations that may foster mutual understanding of such antithetical issues as ways of interpreting Scripture, Scripture as the word of God, Muslim attitudes toward the Christ figure, and Christians relating to a fresh revelation after Christ. [He] concludes that whatever Christians may think about Judaism and Islam, their encounter with Jews and Muslims is what matters. Recommended: Graduate students and above." Choice (2011)
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