A European (German) View on Comparative Theology

Dialogue with My Own Past

Bibliographic Data

ID16901725
AuthorsUlrich Dehn (Universität Hamburg, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume3
Issue4
Pages1085-1093
Publication date2012-11-14
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel3041085
OpenAlexW1968659632
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited7

For the last couple of years, particularly after the publication of the (German) book “Comparative Theology” by Bernhold Reinhardt and Klaus von Stosch, there was a significant attentiveness of this subject amongst German scholars. For many, it was the long anticipated antithesis/alternative to the pluralist theology of religions, even if it had not been devised explicitly to serve as such an alternative. For others, it has been an appropriate way to express their desire for a substantial interreligious dialogue in a theologically responsible way. This paper tries to review some of the major German contributions (being read alongside international ones) and reactions to Comparative Theology and to search for the motive behind its sudden popularity in some circles. It will also try to reconstruct the possibilities for Comparative Theology within the wider setting of the process and development of religious traditions as they grow and change in never-ending interaction and communication within the history of religions, ideas and society

Antithesis · Comparative religion · Comparative Theology · Epistemology · German · Linguistics · Political science · Popularity · Sociology · Theology · Anthropology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Christian Theology and Mission · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies

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