Myself, Only Moreso

• Authors: J. R. Hustwit
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Transreligious theologians are posed with a number of difficult questions. First, how can I understand the beliefs and practices of a worldview I do not share? Then, once I begin to construct and synthesize truth claims, how normative are the source traditions? Finally, how do we transreligious theologians judge truth claims as better and worse? By offering answers to these questions using a model of critical interreligious appropriation, we may find a basis for a critical transreligious theology that avoids naïve syncretisms and pernicious incommensurability.

Keywords

EN

comparative theology; interreligious dialogue; interfaith dialogue; hermeneutics; Gadamer; Ricoeur; transreligious theology

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Open Theology
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 1

Dates

received

2016-01-26

accepted

2016-03-21

online

2016-04-26

Contributors

author

J. R. Hustwit

• Methodist University, USA

Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/opth-2016-0018