The Future of Hindu-Christian Studies: A Theological Inquiry

ISBN-13: 9780367889753 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 148 str.

Francis Clooney

Opis

Based on the Westcott–Teape Lectures given in India and at the University of Cambridge, this book explores the possibilities and problems attendant upon the field of Hindu–Christian Studies, the reasons for occasional flourishing and decline in such studies, and the fragile conditions under which the field can flourish in the 21st century. The c

Spis treści

1. Prologue: Framing the Questions

2. Lecture One: The Jesuit Study of Hinduism: An Admirable and Imperfect Model for Hindu-Christian Studies

3. Lecture Two: How (and Why) Some Hindus Have Studied Christianity

4. Lecture Three: How the Study of Religions Can Rejuvenate Hindu-Christian Studies

5. Epilogue: Retrieving the Delicate Balance of Hindu-Christian Studies

O autorze

Francis X. Clooney, SJ, is Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Theology at Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, USA. From 2010-2017, he was also the Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions. He is one of the foremost authorities in Hindu-Christian studies, and a leading proponent of comparative theology, a field of study which, though informed by philological scholarship and advances in the study of religion, respects the inner logic of faith traditions even while employing intellectual tools not defined by any one tradition.