
Testing the Boundaries : Self, Faith, Interpretation and Changing Trends in Religious Studies.
Title:
Testing the Boundaries : Self, Faith, Interpretation and Changing Trends in Religious Studies.
Author:
'Iolana, Patricia.
ISBN:
9781443828277
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (229 pages)
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I -- SELF-IMAGE -- RADICAL IMAGES OF THE FEMININE DIVINE -- THE MYTH OF MARY AS A SPACE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL CONNECTION TO THE DIVINE (SELF) -- PART II -- FAITH, HOPE AND RELIGIOUS "OTHERNESS" -- HOPE AND OTHERNESS -- CITIZENSHIP IN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES OF EUROPE -- PART III -- INTERPRETATION -- THE TERM QUESTION IN CHINA -- SACRED RIVER'S PURE POLLUTION -- DANCING BETWEEN THE DISCIPLINES -- PART IV -- CHANGING TRENDS -- SPIRITUAL EDUCATION -- NOMADIC THEOLOGY -- INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE -- ENDNOTE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.
Abstract:
As individual members of various faith traditions within contemporary society we have the ability (although not always the opportunity) to create our own paradigmatic image of the Divine; moreover, as a society we can alter, transform, or even replace tho.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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