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Hegel versus 'Inter-Faith Dialogue'

A General Theory of True Xenophilia

Hegel versus 'Inter-Faith Dialogue'

A General Theory of True Xenophilia

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107097360
Number of Pages: 274
Published: 26/02/2015
Width: 15.2 cm
Height: 22.9 cm
The term 'inter-faith' is a recent innovation in English that has gained significant traction in the discussion of religious diversity. This volume argues that the concept of faiths in the plural is deeply problematic for Christian theology and proposes a Hegelian alternative to the conventional bureaucratic notion of inter-faith dialogue. Hegel pioneered the systematic study of comparative religion. In line with Hegelian principle, Andrew Shanks identifies faith as an inflection of the will towards perfect truth-as-openness. In relation to other religious traditions, this must involve the practice of a maximum xenophilia, or love for the unfamiliar, understood as a core Christian virtue. Shanks's neo-Hegelian theory recognises the potential for God's work in all religious traditions, which may be seen as divine experiments with human nature. This timely book discusses a wide range of interreligious encounters and will be an essential resource for studies in comparative theology and philosophy of religion.
Introduction: the basic opposition between faith and 'faiths'; Part I. 'Spirit': 1. Faith: the primordial ambiguity of the New Testament notion; 2. What Hegel brings; Part II. God's Experiments: 3. 'Religion': outlines of a typology; 4. Intra-political religion; 5. Pre-political religion; 6. Anti-political religion; Part III. Abrahamic Variations: 7. The hazard of faith; 8. 'Holy anarchy'; 9. Jesus and Hallaj; 10. Holy Spirit/Shekhinah; 11. After Hegel: the evolution of Christendom.

Andrew Shanks

Andrew Shanks is an honorary canon of Manchester Cathedral. He has written ten books on philosophical theology, most recently Hegel and Religious Faith: Divided Brain, Atoning Spirit (2011) and A Neo-Hegelian Theology: The God of Greatest Hospitality (2014).

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