Ramanuja and Schleiermacher On Language: Comparative Theology for Constructive Theology

COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY AS CHALLENGE FOR THE THEOLOGY OF THE 21ST CENTURY

In this article the author first gives an introduction to his own approach to comparative theology (CT). After some introductory considerations, an outline of the idea and foundation of CT is given and is contrasted with traditional approaches to other religions; the methods, goals, and also the limits of CT are discussed; CT is differentiated from religious studies and the theology of religion...

A Green Theology? Theology and Ecology

A would adopt a new fashion, j u m p on a new bandwagon. At best it would endorse somewhat bela tedly--abst ract policies of resource management . At worst, it would blunder into grossly Selfish ecological programmes which effectively serve the interest of the rich and the powerful. There are m a n y shades of green! Some ecological policies are unacceptable in that they overlook disadvantaged ...

A Theory Of Personal Language And Implications For Logos Theology

In this article, I explore the Christian doctrine of the Logos in relation to Polanyi’s theory of language, which has implications both for the status of words and for their role vis a vis the speaker. Polanyi argues that all knowledge is personal knowledge and, by the same logic, that the language in which we express our knowledge is personal language, since there is an element of personal jud...

Reflections on Hindu Theology

On Neusner’s Theology of Halakhah