Title Jewish theology and world religions / edited by Alon Goshen-Gottstein and Eugene Korn

Published Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2012

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Description 1 online resource Series The Littman library of Jewish civilization Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series) 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 of World 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 PossibilitiesPART 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 Two of the most pervasive aspects of modern Jewish life are interaction with people of other faiths and exposure to their beliefs to a degree unknown in the past. Jewish thinking regarding other religions has not succeeded in keeping pace with the contemporary realities that regularly confront most Jews, nor has it adequately assimilated the ways in which other religions have changed their teachings about Jews and Judaism. Many Jews who grapple with Jewish tradition in the contemporary world want to know how Judaism sees today's non-Jewish other in order to affirm itself. By re-examining the J Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Judaism -- Relations. Religions. Theology. Judaism -- Doctrines. religions (belief systems, cultures) theology. RELIGION -- Judaism -- General. Interfaith relations Judaism Judaism -- Doctrines Religions Theology Interreligiöser Dialog Judentum Jüdische Theologie Weltreligion Interreligiöse Beziehung. Judentum. Jüdische Theologie. Pluralismus. Weltreligion. Form Electronic book Author Goshen-Gottstein, Alon, editor Korn, Eugene, 1947- editor. ISBN 9781909821057 1909821055

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