Interfaith relations

Neuere exegetische Ansätze betonen stark, dass das Verhältnis von Judentum und Christentum in der Anfangszeit nicht im Sinne einer binären Gegenüberstellung zweier voneinander klar abgegrenzter Religionssysteme zu denken ist.

The subject of Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle East and indeed in the West attracts much academic and media attention.

The thirteenth century mystic Ibn `Arabi was the foremost Sufi theorist of the premodern era.

This collection of seven essays offers wide-ranging and in-depth studies of locations sacred to Muslims, of the histories of these sites (real or imagined), and of the ways in which Muslims and members of other religions have interacted peaceably in sacred times and spaces.

Joseph Palmisano explores the interreligious significance of empathy for Jewish-Christian understanding.

This book is the first greater attempt to construct a dialogical theology from a Jewish point of view.

While trying to revive Jewish national life by teaching Hebrew and Judaism in the Soviet Union, Ephraim Kholmyansky is arrested and threatened with long years of imprisonment and exile.

Das Buch spricht Leser an, die Sympathie für die Religion empfinden, die ihr gegenüber aber zugleich skeptische Zweifel hegen.

In der Missionstätigkeit der evangelischen Basler Mission in der südchinesischen Provinz Guangdong zeigt sich beispielhaft, wie mehrdeutig europäisch-überseeische Kulturkontakte verlaufen: Der Absicht der Missionare, europäische Kultur und christliche Normen rigoros durchzusetzen, entsprachen die chinesischen Christen nur teilweise, um ihre kulturelle Eigenständigkeit zu behaupten.

In den Schulen ist es nicht zu übersehen: Deutschland ist ein multireligiöses Land.

These are some of the urgent questions posed by this stimulating and wide-ranging new colloquy.

What could Roman Catholicism and Mormonism possibly have to learn from each other?

One of the most comprehensive volumes on Myanmar's identity politics to date, this book discusses the entanglement of ethnic and religious identities in Myanmar and the challenges presented by its extensive ethnic-religious diversity.

Das Werk beleuchtet unterschiedliche Aspekte des Zusammenlebens von afghanischen und österreichischen Familien nach der Flüchtlingskrise 2015 und geht der Frage nach, wie sich dieses Zusammenleben gestaltet hat und mit welchen Fragen und Herausforderungen die Familien konfrontiert waren.

In the well-worn debates about religious pluralism and the theology of religions there have been many different rubrics used to account for, comprehend, or engage with the religious other.

Written specifically for level 2 undergraduates, this textbook introduces readers to the extremely wide range of forms of religious thought, and the responses of religion to modern ideas, cultural phenomenon and events of the 20th century

The second volume of the series "e;Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses"e; points out the roots of the concept of 'human rights' in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Kirchen in Europa haben eine spezifische Erfahrungs-Geschichte mit ihrer Verhaltnisbestimmung zur Nation.

How should constitutional design respond to the opportunities and challenges raised by ethnic, linguistic, religious, and cultural differences, and do so in ways that promote democracy, social justice, peace and stability?

Many studies written about the Jewish-Christian relationship are primarily historical overviews that focus on the Jewish background of Christianity, the separation of Christianity from Judaism, or the medieval disputations between the two faiths.

This book traces the history of conflict and contact between Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Ottoman Middle East prior to 1914.

By all measures, the late twentieth century was a time of dramatic decline for the Islamic world, the Ummah, particularly its Arab heartland.

This revisionist reading of early anti-Judaism offers a richer and more varied picture of the Jews and Christians of antiquity.

Yakshini – mystische Göttinnen und Hüterinnen der Natur, deren Kraft und Symbolik über Jahrtausende hinweg die spirituelle und kulturelle Landschaft Indiens geprägt haben.

For most of the twentieth century, the most critical concerns of national security have been balance-of-power politics and the global arms race.

"e;Academically detailed yet esoterically fun.

In den heutigen multiethnischen und multikulturellen asiatischen Kontexten ist religiose Vielfalt fur viele Gesellschaften kennzeichnend.

"e;This work is not addressed only to scholars of Judaism or theologians, but also, and primarily, to all Jews and non-Jews who would like to share the thoughts and struggles of a person who loves Torah and Halakhah, who is committed to helping make room for and celebrate the religious and cultural diversity present in the modern world, and who believes that a commitment to Israel and to Jewish particularity must be organically connected to the rabbinic teaching, 'Beloved are all human beings created in the image of God.

Still in its infancy because of the overly conservative views and methods assumed by the majority of scholars working in it since the mid-19th century, the field of early Islamic and quranic studies is one in which the very basic questions must nowadays be addressed with decision.

Christian-Muslim interaction is a reality today in all corners of the globe, but while many celebrate the commonality of these traditions, significant differences remain.

The topic of immigration is at the center of contemporary politics and, from a scholarly perspective, existing studies have documented that attitudes towards immigration have brought about changes in both partisanship and voting behavior.

How does the Qur'an depict the religious Other?

Die Beiträge des "Schütz-Jahrbuchs" 2023 befassen sich mit den "Musikalischen Exequien" und ihren geistesgeschichtlichen Kontexten (Beate Agnes Schmidt und Maryam Haiawi), den "Psalmen Davids" mit einem Fokus auf die Auseinandersetzung mit Giovanni Gabrieli (Kai Marius Schabram) und der "Geistlichen Chormusik" im Hinblick auf den Umgang mit der lutherischen Motetten-tradition um 1600 (Stefan Menzel).

At first sight the lives of hermits, living in solitude and committed to a life of prayer and contemplation seems to be a world apart of the active practice of interfaith dialogue.

The Vatican II Council of 1965 signaled a new era in the relationship of the Jewish and Christian faiths.

The religious landscape of the United States has changed dramatically in recent decades.

A thoughtful, down-to-earth look at helpful ways to lessen human suffering.

The IFLA Religious Libraries in Dialogue Special Interest Group is dedicated to libraries serving as places of dialogue between cultures through a better knowledge of religions.

Als Johannes Pfefferkorn im Jahr 1507 seinen sogenannten "Judenspiegel" veröffentlichte, forderte dessen antijüdische Polemik den Widerspruch Johannes Reuchlins heraus und führte schließlich zu einer heftigen Kontroverse zwischen Dominikanern und Juden, an der die Kölner Dominikaner auf Seiten Pfefferkorns regen Anteil hatten.

Persecution, Polemic, and Dialogue follows the interaction between Jews and Christians through the ages in all its richness, complexity, and diversity.

In Shoah through Muslim Eyes, the author discusses her journey with Judaism as a Muslim.

To study the interactions between Muslims and Christians in the medieval period is to observe a history of conflict and co-existence encompassing warfare, piracy, and raiding as well as commerce, intellectual exchanges, and personal relationships that transcended religious differences.

This book introduces the theory of interreligious resilience as a means to developing deeper and more effective interreligious engagement and resilience.