Piety and Responsibility: Patterns of Unity in Karl Rahner, Karl Barth, and Vedanta Desika (Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies) - Softcover

Sheveland, John N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138080101 ISBN 13: 9781138080102

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

This book analyzes the writings of Karl Rahner, Karl Barth, and Vedanta Desika to disclose how each construes "piety" and "responsibility" as integral to each other. It explores a fundamental unity of love of God and love of neighbour in ecumenical and interreligious frameworks.

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About the Author

Dr. John Sheveland is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Gonzaga University. He received a Master of Arts in Religion from Yale Divinity School and a Ph.D. in Systematic and Comparative Theology from Boston College. At Gonzaga University he teaches courses in Christian Theology, Interreligious Dialogue, and World Religions. His research interests include Christian-Hindu and Christian-Buddhist Comparative Theology, Comparative theological anthropology, and theological responses to religious violence. He is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the College Theology Society, and the Catholic Theological Society of America, and has contributed scholarly articles to journals such as Studies in Interreligious Dialogue, Louvain Studies, The Way, Expository Times, and to several edited books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138080101
• ISBN 13: 9781138080102
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224