Towards a Jewish-Christian-Muslim Theology / Edition 1

by David B. Burrell

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470657553
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	05/06/2011
Series:	Challenges in Contemporary Theology , #32
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

David B. Burrell, Hesburgh Professor emeritus at University of Notre Dame, teaches Ethics and Development at Uganda Martyrs University. He has published extensively in comparative issues in philosophical theology in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and is the author of Faith and Freedom (2006), Wiley-Blackwell.

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Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 Free Creation as a Shared Task for Jews, Christians, Muslims 9

2 Relating Divine Freedom with Human Freedom: Diverging and Converging Strategies 25

3 Human Initiative and Divine Grace: Augustine and Ghazali 51

4 Trust in Divine Providence: Tawakkul, “Abandonment,” and “Detachment” 63

5 The Point of it All: “Return,” Judgment, and “Second Coming” – Creation to Consummation 87

6 Realized Eschatology: Faith as a Mode of Knowing and Journeying 129

7 Respectfully Negotiating Outstanding Neuralgic Issues: Contradictions and Conversions 165

Epilog: Misuses and Abuses of Abrahamic Traditions 189

Index 193