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Religionless Christianity and the political implications of theological speech: What Bonhoeffer’s theology yields to a world of fundamentalisms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This is the author's PDF preprint of an article published in International Journal of Systematic Theology© 2009. The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.comThis article seeks to utilise Bonhoeffer’s religionless Christianity in a ...
Greggs, Tom
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On the dark side of the 'secular': is the religious-secular distinction a binary? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Recent scholarship claims to have revealed the problematic nature of the religious-secular distinction: (1) the distinction is slippery or fluid; (2) the meanings of the words "religious" and "secular" have changed over multiple historical contexts; (3 ...
Rao, Balagangadhara
core   +2 more sources

Editors’ Introduction to “European Perspectives on the New Comparative Theology”

open access: yesReligions, 2012
This thematic issue of Religions, “European Perspectives on the New Comparative Theology,” asks how comparative theology—an old discipline that has been infused with new energy in recent decades and merited new attention—has been received, understood ...
John Berthrong, Francis X. Clooney
doaj   +1 more source

Religious Affiliation Is Not Enough: Considering the Religious Practices and Self-Identification of Seniors in Switzerland When Measuring the Links Between Religiosity and Well-Being

open access: yesReligions
Previous studies have shown that religion and spirituality can provide resources to cope with aging and impact the well-being of older adults. However, whether religiosity and well-being are linked depends on how they are measured.
Pierre-Yves Brandt   +4 more
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Abhiṣiktānanda: A Reception History1 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In this article, I present an evaluation of the scholarly reception history of Abhiṣiktānanda. I argue for an identifiable threefold division in Abhiṣiktānanda scholarship: the earliest biographies and appraisals focused on his ‘spiritual search;’ a ...
Beltramini, Enrico
core   +2 more sources

EPISTEMOLOGY IN COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY

open access: yesPerspectiva Teológica
Comparative theology involves the systematic theological engagement with the teachings and practices of another religious tradition. This raises numerous epistemological questions, which may focus on the possibility of genuine understanding of other ...
Catherine Cornille
doaj   +3 more sources

A Critical Analysis of the Renowned Theory of Imamiyyah Regarding the Conditioning of Wulūgh (Dogs Lapping up Water) on the Legal Obligation to Purify (Taṭhīr) Dishes Contaminated with Dog’s Saliva

open access: yesمطالعات تطبیقی فقه و اصول مذاهب, 2022
According to the renowned view of the Imāmī jurists, in order to purify the dishes that have become impure through direct contact with a dog’s mouth, it is necessary to rub them with soil (ta‘fīr); the only evidence to prove this matter is hadiths, and ...
mohammad masoudy
doaj   +1 more source

Book Review: The New Comparative Theology: Interreligious Insights from the Next Generation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
A review of The New Comparative Theology: Interreligious Insights from the Next Generation edited by Francis X ...
Ulrich, Edward T.
core   +2 more sources

Spiritual Cannibalism in HRD: How Workplace Spirituality Devours Sacred Traditions

open access: yesHuman Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper interrogates how the discourse of workplace spirituality in human resource development (HRD) operates as a tool of colonization. Through a systematic review of 48 articles published between 1997 and March 2025, the study uncovers recurring patterns of spiritual appropriation in which non‐Western traditions are detached from their ...
Shoaib Ul‐Haq
wiley   +1 more source

Christian Theology of Religions

open access: yesSt Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2022
This entry examines the way Christian theology has responded to the challenge of non-Christian religions in the last century. Key topics central to this response have been ecclesiology, the use of scripture, Christology and trinitarian theology ...
Gavin D’Costa
doaj  

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