Understanding interreligious relations /

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Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Description:viii, 448 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9919539
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Other authors / contributors:Cheetham, David (David A.)
Pratt, Douglas.
Thomas, David.
ISBN:0199645841
9780199645848
019964585X
9780199645855
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [402]-426) and index.
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Summary:The ways in which religious communities interact with one another is an increasing focus of scholarly research and teaching. Issues of interreligious engagement, inclusive of dialogue more specifically and relations more generally, attract widespread interest and concern. In a religiously pluralist world, how different communities get along with each other is not just an academic question; it is very much a focus of socio-political and wider community attention. The study of religions and religion in the 21st century world must necessarily take account of relations within and between religions, whether this is approached from a theological, historical, political, or any other disciplinary point of view. Understanding Interreligious Relations is a reference work of relevance to students and scholars as well as of interest to a wider informed public. It comprises two main parts. The first provides expositions and critical discussions of the ways in which "the other" has been construed and addressed from within the major religious traditions. The second presents analyses and discussions of key issues and topics in which interreligious relations are an integral constituent.The editors have assembled an authoritative and scholarly work that discusses perspectives on the religious "other" and interreligious relations that are typical of the major religious traditions; together with substantial original chapters from a cross-section of emerging and established scholars on main debates and issues in the wider field of interreligious relations.
Physical Description:viii, 448 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [402]-426) and index.
ISBN:0199645841
9780199645848
019964585X
9780199645855