Interreligious Reading After Vatican II: Scriptural Reasoning, Comparative Theology and Receptive Ecumenism: 29 (Directions in Modern Theology) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 111871623X ISBN 13: 9781118716236

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

Synopsis

Interreligious Reading After Vatican II brings together for the first time leading scholars from within and outside the Catholic tradition to discuss and undertake interreligious reading in the light of Vatican II. 

• Focuses on Scriptural Reasoning and Comparative Theology, and considers the relationship between interreligious engagement and Receptive Ecumenism within the Church
• Details key events in the history of forms of study across faith traditions
• Offers a fresh analysis of the impact and on-going legacy of the Second Vatican Council
• Tackles questions about scripture, doctrine, tradition, philosophy and ecumenism in connection with theories and practices of interreligious reading and reasoning
• Inspires readers to think about how to engage with others within and beyond their own religious tradition

 

 

About this title

About the Author

David F. Ford is Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge and Director of the Cambridge Inter-faith Programme. His publications include The Future of Christian Theology (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011), Christian Wisdom: Desiring God and Learning in Love (Cambridge University Press, 2007), and Shaping Theology: Engagements in a Religious and Secular World (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007).

Frances Clemson is Research Associate in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge and works within the Cambridge Inter-faith Programme.

 

From the Back Cover

Fifty years after the Second Vatican Council, controversy continues to surround this seminal event in Catholic Church history. Debates about Vatican II’s legacy are intensifying whilst the challenges raised by our increasingly complex multi-religious, multi-secular society are becoming ever more pressing. In Interreligious Reading After Vatican II scholars from within and outside the Catholic tradition discuss and perform interreligious reading in the light of the Council.

The volume focuses on two forms of study across faith traditions – Comparative Theology and Scriptural Reasoning. Contributors also consider the relationship between interreligious engagement and Receptive Ecumenism within the Church. The volume concludes with critically reflective responses from leading Catholic, Muslim and Jewish thinkers. Thought-provoking and timely, Interreligious Reading After Vatican II offers rich insights into the theory and practice of interreligious encounters, and the continuing ramifications of the Second Vatican Council for such encounters today.

From the Inside Flap

Fifty years after the Second Vatican Council, controversy continues to surround this seminal event in Catholic Church history. Debates about Vatican II’s legacy are intensifying whilst the challenges raised by our increasingly complex multi-religious, multi-secular society are becoming ever more pressing. In Interreligious Reading After Vatican II scholars from within and outside the Catholic tradition discuss and perform interreligious reading in the light of the Council.

The volume focuses on two forms of study across faith traditions – Comparative Theology and Scriptural Reasoning. Contributors also consider the relationship between interreligious engagement and Receptive Ecumenism within the Church. The volume concludes with critically reflective responses from leading Catholic, Muslim and Jewish thinkers. Thought-provoking and timely, Interreligious Reading After Vatican II offers rich insights into the theory and practice of interreligious encounters,  and the continuing ramifications of the Second Vatican Council for such encounters today. 

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 111871623X
• ISBN 13: 9781118716236
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 236
• Editor: Ford David F., Clemson Frances