Faith and Praxis in a Postmodern Age

Faith and Praxis in a Postmodern Age

Author: Ursula King

Publisher: Burns & Oates

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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We live in a culture which has broadly rejected the possibility of absolute belief in one overriding truth. And yet we are surrounded by people who do believe, who indeed are often intensely religious, but believe in different things. This fragmentation of culture is a challenge to all major religions. Given that we have to live together, and given that many of our starting points are the same, even if our interpretations are different, how do we cope with the practical, day-to-day task of living and thriving in the same socio-political environment? This key postmodern dilemma is addressed in this valuable collection of essays by all international team of writers. In a postmodern age, can we believe at all? If we accept that we are no longer unique, where does that leave Christian spirituality? British, South African and Jewish writers explore ways in which the question of religion impacts on political life in Britain, South Africa and Israel.


The Cambridge Companion to Postmodernism

The Cambridge Companion to Postmodernism

Author: Steven Connor

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-07-15

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780521648400

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The Cambridge Companion to Postmodernism offers a comprehensive introduction to postmodernism. The Companion examines the different aspects of postmodernist thought and culture that have had a significant impact on contemporary cultural production and thinking. Topics discussed by experts in the field include postmodernism's relation to modernity, and its significance and relevance to literature, film, law, philosophy, architecture, religion and modern cultural studies. The volume also includes a useful guide to further reading and a chronology. This is an essential aid for students and teachers from a range of disciplines interested in postmodernism in all its incarnations. Accessible and comprehensive, this Companion addresses the many issues surrounding this elusive, enigmatic and often controversial topic.


ThirdWay

ThirdWay

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Publisher:

Published: 1998-12

Total Pages: 32

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Monthly current affairs magazine from a Christian perspective with a focus on politics, society, economics and culture.


Foucault, Christianity and Interfaith Dialogue

Foucault, Christianity and Interfaith Dialogue

Author: Henrique Pinto

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-11-25

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1000100839

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Foucault, Christianity and Interfaith Dialogue develops a new model for interfaith dialogue using the work of the French historian of ideas, Michel Foucault. The author argues that it is the injustice done to the 'Other' by Roman Catholic, Protestant and other centred and unitary models of religious pluralism that allows the introduction of Foucault's de-centring of transcendence and human reason as an alternative model for understanding religious diversity and the role it ought to play, in the constitution of the self and the making of society. This Foucaultian approach provides a new direction for interfaith dialogue in the modern world and leads to an ethical rather than a nihilistic position while fostering a non-unitary theology of religious pluralism and an open-textured process of self-transformation. The author's original and imaginative application and expansion of Foucault's concept of the 'More' from The Archaeology of Knowledge (1969) makes important and original contributions to academic work on Foucault and contemporary theology.


International Handbook of the Religious, Moral and Spiritual Dimensions in Education

International Handbook of the Religious, Moral and Spiritual Dimensions in Education

Author: Marian de Souza

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-06-04

Total Pages: 1417

ISBN-13: 1402052464

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In today’s pluralistic world, many cultures feel a shift in the relationship of people with religious traditions. A corresponding movement is a resurgence of interest in human spirituality. This Handbook presents the views of education scholars who engage these concepts every day, in a collection of essays reflecting the international state of the discipline. Out of these rises a vision for the emergence of a just and peaceful world.


Ways of Meeting and the Theology of Religions

Ways of Meeting and the Theology of Religions

Author: David Cheetham

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-02-24

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1317000129

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Exploring the different points of view and 'tones of voice' adopted in theology for the meeting of religions, this book presents a contemporary philosophical and theological engagement with key issues of how different faiths might meet, of comparative philosophy of religion, of the use of aesthetics, of inter-religious ethics and issues relating to the self. Providing a critical evaluation of contemporary liberal, post-liberal and conservative voices, and an engagement with movements such as Radical Orthodoxy and Scriptural Reasoning to mention a few, this book highlights the use of the creative imagination and explores new ideas for the meeting of religions.


Origins of Difference

Origins of Difference

Author: Elaine Storkey

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2019-07-11

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 1532680082

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In what ways are women and men different? Where do these differences originate? In this book, Elaine Storkey uncovers the foundational assumptions and presuppositions that lie beneath gender issues and builds a cohesive model for a biblical view of men and women.


Theology in the Public Square

Theology in the Public Square

Author: Gavin D'Costa

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-04-10

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1118718437

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This imaginative study rethinks the nature of theology and its role in universities. The author sketches out a fascinating project using examples from US and UK institutions, whereby theology becomes a transformative force within universities. Imagines what a Christian university, in which all disciplines have been theologized, would look like. Feeds into discussions about the religious identity of denominationally-linked colleges and universities. Forms part of a wider attempt to imagine a vital public role for theology that enables it to serve both the Church and the wider community.


The Meeting of Religions and the Trinity

The Meeting of Religions and the Trinity

Author: Gavin D'Costa

Publisher: Orbis Books

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1570753032

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Shows that many so-called "pluralist" theologies are actually masks for a secularizing agenda and that the doctrine of the Trinity holds more potential for interreligious understanding and dialogue. D'Costa recommends the Trinitarian approach which attains the goals that pluralism seeks: openness, respect, and learning from other religions. It accomplishes this without the reductionism associated with pluralism and by examining the serious differences between traditions. He applies the Trinity to interreligious prayer with surprising results.


Mapping Religion and Spirituality in a Postsecular World

Mapping Religion and Spirituality in a Postsecular World

Author: Giuseppe Giordan

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2012-07-05

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 900423022X

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This volume offers 11 case studies of contemporary movements from around the world where religious, secular and spiritual dynamics interplay in the postmodern condition of the 21st century, as traditional and contemporary sources are combined in new and dynamic ways.