RT Article
T1 "'Othering' with Grace and Courage": Reflections on the Dynamic Tension between Mutuality and Incommensurability
JF The ecumenical review
VO 72
IS 5
SP 710
OP 719
A1 Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti 1958-
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1751348016
AB This essay considers the complexity and dynamic of seeking to balance an openness to the religious "other" and their beliefs with the honest acknowledgement of real and often deep incommensurability between one's own and the other's deepest convictions. This kind of hospitable and mutually edifying encounter is possible by putting into practice the method of comparative theology which, while urging the faithful in every tradition to establish their own religious identity, also facilitates learning from the other and makes room for sharing one's own testimony. Not only theological and confessional but also autobiographical and life narratives matter in this process.
K1 Comparative Theology
K1 Confession
K1 Diversity
K1 Hospitality
K1 Tolerance
DO 10.1111/erev.12561