Transformation by Integration: How Inter-Faith Encounter Changes Christianity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780334043171)

A growing number of people experience their own spiritual lives as being inspired by more than one religious tradition. Multi-religious identity formation and double-belonging are obvious signs of a process of significant transformation as a result inter-faith encounter - a transformation that had been expected and positively willed by various inter-faith theologians. "Transformation by Integration" looks more deeply at a number of issues involved, including: What does it mean theologically to move beyond tolerance towards a genuine appreciation of other religions? How can multi-religious identity be assessed theologically? And, will we have to reconsider the widespread dismissal of syncretism? Perry Schmidt-Leukel takes the next theological step on the basis of a pluralist paradigm within the theology of religions.

Author: Perry Schmidt-Leukel
ISBN-10: 0334043174
ISBN-13: 9780334043171
Publisher: SCM Press
Language: English
Published: 05/29/2009
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.51h x 8.15w x 0.68d