Hyphenated Christians: Towards a Better Understanding of Dual Religious Belonging (Studies in Theology, Society and Culture)
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (659 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3034307012 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 172 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Lawlor said :o). Aren't we all?
It deserves a wide readership.- (Douglas Pratt, Colloquium 44, 2012/2)"-'Hyphenated Christians' is a very fine, solid and complex theological investigation of the phenomenon of multiple belonging.- (Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J., Harvard University)<BR> -In a global village in which different cultures and religious traditions encounter and often mix with each other, there is a woeful lack of solid works which explain and reflect on the growing phenomenon of multiple religious belonging. It deserves a wide readership.- (Douglas Pratt, Colloquium 44, 2012/2)" . It deserves a wide readership.- (Douglas Pratt, Colloquium 44, 2012/
He is chair of the Theological Reflections Commission of the New South Wales Ecumenical Council. He is the author of many books and articles and has taught theology for over thirty-five years at the Australian Catholic University and at other institutions. Gideon Goosen holds doctorates in philosophy and theology and lives in the Blue Mountains, near Sydney, Australia.
Finally, the author considers the crucial idea of ‘conversion’ or ‘transformation’.. The book also explores the critical elements of a theology of dual belonging by examining the sense of ‘self’; the Buddhist idea of ‘no-self’; religious identity; the symbol as a means of divine communication; the notion of truth; and the concept of how God speaks through different religions. With this purpose in mind, the author examines changes in the global religious landscape in recent decades and analyses the theory of dual (or multiple) belonging, as well as discussing dual religious ‘belongers’ such as Henri Le Saux, Jules Monchanin, Bede Griffiths and Raimundo Panikkar. This book aims to explore the reality of dual religious belonging and to promote a better understanding of this concept