Hans A. Harmakaputra
A Christian-Muslim
Comparative Theology
of Saints
The Community of God’s Friends
- Currents of Encounter, Band: 67
Leiden: Brill 2022, X, 258 pp., index
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The author:
Hans A. Harmakaputra, Assistance Professor at Augustana University
in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (USA)
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In A Christian-Muslim Comparative Theology of Saints: The Community of God’s Friends,
Hans A. Harmakaputra focuses on a question that emerges from today’s multi-faith context:
“Is it possible for Christians to recognize non-Christians as saints?”
To answer affirmatively, he offers a Christian perspective on an inclusive theology of saints
through the lens of comparative theology that is based on the thought
of Catholic, Protestant, and Muslim theologians:
Karl Rahner, Jean-Luc Marion, Elizabeth Johnson, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Paul Tillich, and Ibn Arabī’.
As a result of this interreligious comparison, three theological constructs emerge:
(1) saints as manifestations and revealers of God’s self-communication,
(2) the hiddenness of saints, and
(3) saints as companions.
- These theological constructs redefine and reconfigure Christian understanding of saints
on one hand, and on the other hand provide theological reasoning
to include non-Christians in the Christian notion of the communion of saints.
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Inhalt / Contents
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- Front Matter
Preliminary Material
> Copyright page > Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 - Seiten:
- 15–34
Chapter 2 - Seiten:
- 35–62
Chapter 3 - Seiten:
- 63–86
Chapter 4
- Seiten:
- 87–115
Part 2
Chapter 5
- Seiten:
- 119–145
Chapter 6
- Seiten:
- 146–171
Chapter 7
- Seiten:
- 172–197
Chapter 8
- Seiten:
- 198–223
- Seiten:
- 224–229
> Bibliography
>
> Index of Scripture Reference
Editor’s information
In A Christian-Muslim Comparative Theology of Saints: The Community of God’s Friends, Hans A. Harmakaputra focuses on a question that emerges from today’s multi-faith context:
“Is it possible for Christians to recognize non-Christians as saints?”
To answer affirmatively, he offers a Christian perspective on an inclusive theology of saints
through the lens of comparative theology that is based on the thought
of Catholic, Protestant, and Muslim theologians:
Karl Rahner, Jean-Luc Marion, Elizabeth Johnson, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Paul Tillich, and Ibn Arabī’.
As a result of this interreligious comparison, three theological constructs emerge:
(1) saints as manifestations and revealers of God’s self-communication,
(2) the hiddenness of saints, and
(3) saints as companions.
on one hand, and on the other hand provide theological reasoning
to include non-Christians in the Christian notion of the communion of saints.
Inhalt / Contents
To read the extracts, click on the title
To read the extracts, click on the title
- Front Matter
Preliminary Material
> Copyright page > Acknowledgments
Chapter 1Contemporary Catholic Discourse on Theology of Saints – - Seiten:
- 15–34
Chapter 2Contemporary Protestant Discourse on Theology of Saints — - Seiten:
- 35–62
Chapter 3Friends of God and Sainthood in Islam: An Introduction - Seiten:
- 63–86
Chapter 4Friends of God and Sainthood According to Ibn ‘Arabī - Seiten:
- 87–115
Part 2The Saints Reconsidered
Chapter 5Saints as Manifestations and Revealers of God’s Self-Communication - Seiten:
- 119–145
Chapter 6The Hiddenness of Saints – - Seiten:
- 146–171
Chapter 7
Saints as Companions – - Seiten:
- 172–197
Chapter 8Approaching Saints: An Inclusive Christian Theology of Saints in Practice – - Seiten:
- 198–223
- Seiten:
- 224–229
> Bibliography
>Index of Subjects
> Index of Scripture Reference
