| Beyond "Holy Wars" Contributor(s): Grundmann, Christoffer H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1620329492 ISBN-13: 9781620329498 Publisher: Pickwick Publications OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Ecumenism & Interfaith - Religion | Theology - Religion | Christian Theology - General |
| Dewey: 201.5 |
| LCCN: 2014415233 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Description: The 9/11 al-Qaeda attacks on the U.S. in 2001 shocked the world, not only because of their viciousness but also because of the disillusionment that ""holy wars"" are a phenomenon of the past. ""Holy wars,"" rather, are a reality in today's world too, threatening global peace like never before. In this volume Christoffer Grundmann pleads for the cultivation of religious literacy and interreglious dialogue. First, he attempts to regain an adequate understanding of religion by showing the incompatibility of abstract concepts of religion with religions actually lived. So Grundmann suggests perceiving religion as the lived relationship toward an Ultimate. Given that interreligious dialogue is communication about diverse ways of relating to the Ultimate, the religiously embedded, primarily Jewish philosophy of encounter and dialogical thinking--with its personalistic nature--comes into focus here as uniquely suited for such communication. Even though interreligious encounter implies risk, Christians cannot but engage in it fearlessly, says Grundmann, because they trust that the risen Christ will reveal himself anew as the one he really is, wherever and whenever Christians take part in dialogue with people of other faiths. |