Towards a Jewish-Christian-Muslim theology / David B. Burrell.
"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, brillia...
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Chichester ; Malden, MA :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2011.
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| Series: | Challenges in contemporary theology.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction.
- 1. Free creation as a shared task for Jews, Christians, Muslims
- 2. Relating divine freedom and human freedom: diverging and converging strategies
- 3. Human initiative and divine grace: Augustine and Ghazali
- 4. Trust in divine providence: Tawakkul, "abandonment," and "detachment"
- 5. The point of it all: "return," judgment, and "second coming:" creation to consummation
- 6. Realized eschatology: faith as a mode of knowing and journeying
- 7. Respectfully negotiating outstanding neuralgic issues: contradictions and conversions
- Epilogue: Misuses and abuses of Abrahamic traditions.