Comparative Theology

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Drawing upon the author's three decades of work incomparative theology, this is a pertinent and comprehensiveintroduction to the field, which offers a clear guide to thereader, enabling them to engage in comparative study. * The author has three decades of experience of work in the fieldof comparative theology and is ideally placed to write thisbook * Today's increasing religious diversity makes this apertinent and timely publication * Unique in the depth of its introduction and explanation of thediscipline of 'comparative theology' * Provides examples of how comparative theology works in the newglobal context of human religiosity * Draws on examples specific to Hindu-Christian studies to showhow it is possible to understand more deeply the wider diversityaround us. * Clearly guides the reader, enabling them to engage incomparative study

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Francis X. Clooney

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"This marvelous book should stand as an invitation tomany. I very much hope that it is taken up." (Harvard Theological Review, 1 April 2012) "In this context, Comparative Theology is a timelypublication." (Teaching Theology, 2012)"There is much to admire in this short but insightful book - notleast the background that Clooney sketches: the genealogy of theterm 'comparative theology' and the summary of variouscontemporary comparativists, from Raimon Pannikkar, Robert Nevilleand Keith Ward to a whole school of younger scholars which isbeginning to emerge, especially in the United States." (The Way,1April 2011) "It's a fascinating book, all the same. I warmly recommend it ."(Theology, 1 March 2011) "Comparative Theology will be of interest to people looking fora method for interfaith dialogue that affirms the value of one'stheological commitments and could serve well as a textbook forcourses exploring interfaith theological discourse." (Journal ofEcumenical Studies, 1 January 2011) "But as this volume suggests, our interreligious milieu providesa new impetus not just for learning about our neighbors' faiths butlearning from them. Francis X. Clooney, S.J., is a most trustworthyguide." (The National Catholic Weekly, September 2010) "Clooney's book thus provides an extremely needful, as well asaccessible, contribution to the furthering of this developingdiscipline, and as such it is a very valuable piece ofscholarship." (American Theological Inquiry, July 2010)"It succeeds in a magisterial way: the book provides thefirst history of the discipline, exposits the approaches of itsmajor players, discusses issues of methodology, sets directions forthe development of the discipline, and carefully notes itsstrengths and limitations ... This book will be thestandard introduction for comparative theologians. And it is apersuasive answer to anyone who thinks that comparison muddiesconfessional truth." -Robert Cummings Neville, Boston University "This will be a definitive text which introduces and exemplifiesthe discipline of comparative theology, as an important part oftheology and the study of religions. It's an original and scholarlybook, and deserves to be widely read." -Keith Ward, University of Oxford
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