A Shared Desire for a Universal Vision
Islam and Christianity are what Miroslav Volf calls "contending particular universalisms". To escape that inherent contentiousness we tend either to discount each other's universal claims, or to gloss over our particularities and claim that all religions are 'really' the sam...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
[2020]
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Concilium
Year: 2020, Issue: 4, Pages: 117-126 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Islam
/ Christianity
/ Theology
/ Universalism
/ Particularity
/ Interfaith dialogue
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| IxTheo Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations BJ Islam CA Christianity CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations FA Theology |
| Further subjects: | B
UNIVERSALISM (Theology)
B Quarreling B Humanity |
| Summary: | Islam and Christianity are what Miroslav Volf calls "contending particular universalisms". To escape that inherent contentiousness we tend either to discount each other's universal claims, or to gloss over our particularities and claim that all religions are 'really' the same. Neither strategy succeeds and we despair of ever emerging from our confrontations. Signs of hope emerge when we acknowledge both the particularities of our traditions and the profound shared desire for a universal vision. Contending against one other can be transformed into contending together with the great questions of God and humanity. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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