How Useful Is the Christian Theology of Religions? Critical Questions from a Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology Perspective

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3336388
AutoresHenning Wrogemann (University of Wuppertal, autor de correspondencia)
Año2024
Volumen15
Número8
Páginas907
Fecha de publicación2024-07-26
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaReligions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel15080907
OpenAlexW4401014414
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas17

This contribution to the literature regarding the Christian theology of religions presents a critical view from the outside, a meta-reflection primarily from a religious studies perspective considering the conditions and contexts of academic theology on the one hand, and lived interreligious relationships on the other, which are all-too-easily ignored in works of the theology of religions. First, some newer approaches to the theology of religions will be mentioned before critical questions will be addressed from a religious studies perspective. These are observations in discourse theory, the sociology of religion, religious economics and spatial theory. This is followed by observations from the perspective of intercultural theology, which examine approaches to the theology of religions with regard to phenomena within the Pentecostal movement, discursive constellations in Muslim majority societies and cultural-religious aspects within Indian society. Finally, the "theology of interreligious relations" will be proposed as a corrective to the shortcomings of the ordinary theology of religions

Christian theology · Comparative religion · Comparative Theology · Epistemology · Mythical theology · Natural theology · Philosophical theology · Sociology · Systematic theology · Theology · Anthropology · Christian Theology and Mission · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies