Theological and philosophical responses to syncretism : beyond the mirage of pure religion /

Theological and Philosophical Responses to Syncretism: Beyond the Mirage of Pure Religion by Patrik Fridlund and Mika Vähäkangas (editions.) starts from the observation that there is a substantial gap between religions' self-understanding and the empirical results of religious studies concernin...

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Other Authors: Fridlund, Patrik., Vähäkangas, Mika.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2017.

Series: Philosophy of Religion - World Religions 7.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004328082.

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Call Number: BL410 .T44 2017

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction /
  • Patrik Fridlund and Mika Vähäkangas
  • Syncretism as the Theoretical Foundation of Religious Studies /
  • Jerker Karlsson
  • Gnosticism as Inherently Syncretistic? Identity Constructions among Ancient Christians and Protestant Apologetes /
  • Paul Linjamaa
  • Responding to Syncretism /
  • Patrik Fridlund
  • Theo-Logical Positions vis-à-vis Syncretism /
  • Mika Vähäkangas
  • Fair or Foul? Contextual Theology, Syncretism and the Criteria for Orthodoxy /
  • Stephen Bevans
  • Assessing Catholic - Buddhist 'Dual-Belonging' in the Light of the Catholic Magisterium /
  • Gavin D'Costa
  • Khrist Bhaktas and the Reconstruction of Syncretism /
  • Jonas Adelin Jørgensen
  • 'We are In-Between' - Syncretism and Making Sense of Empirical Data /
  • Lotta Gammelin
  • Is Dual Religious Belonging Syncretistic? An Evangelical and Missiological Perspective /
  • Kang-San Tan
  • Syncretism or Inclusivist Subordination? An Exploration into the Dynamics of Inter-Religious Cooperation /
  • Elizabeth J. Harris
  • Index of Names and Subjects.