Dialogue Not Dogma

Dialogue Not Dogma
Author: Raj Nadella
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2011-05-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567145433

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You're Not As Crazy As I Think

You're Not As Crazy As I Think
Author: Randal Rauser
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2012-01-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830859799

Randal Rauser helps us learn how to truly dialog with those who have very differing opinions from us—those we so often marginalize.

American Values, Religious Voices

American Values, Religious Voices
Author: Andrea L. Weiss
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781947602403

In the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, many Americans questioned how to respond to the results and the deep divisions in our country exposed by the campaign. Many people of faith turned to their religious communities for guidance and support. Many looked for ways to take action. In November 2016, biblical scholar Andrea L. Weiss and graphic designer Lisa M. Weinberger teamed up to create an innovative response: a national nonpartisan campaign that used letters and social media to highlight core American values connected to our diverse religious traditions. American Values, Religious Voices: 100 Days, 100 Letters is a collection of letters written by some of America's most accomplished and thoughtful scholars of religion during the first 100 days of the Trump presidency. While the letters are addressed to the president, vice president, and members of the 115th Congress and Trump administration, they speak to a broad audience of Americans looking for wisdom and encouragement at this tumultuous time in our nation's history. This unique volume assembles the 100 letters, plus four new supplemental essays and many of the graphic illustrations that enhanced the campaign. Published near the midway point of the Trump presidency, this book showcases a wide range of ancient sacred texts that pertain to our most pressing contemporary issues. At a time of great division in our country, this post-election project models how people of different backgrounds can listen to and learn from one another. The letters offer insight and inspiration, reminding us of the enduring values that make our nation great.

The Spirit of Dialogue

The Spirit of Dialogue
Author: Aaron T. Wolf
Publisher: Island Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2017-09-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1610916174

Over more than twenty years as a mediator, Aaron T. Wolf has learned that successful conflict resolution is shaped by complicated dynamics--from how comfortable the meeting room is to the participants' deepest senses of self. Bridging seemingly intractable issues means addressing multiple layers of needs. Wolf's approach may be surprising to Westerners who are accustomed to separating rationality from spirituality and science from religion. The Spirit of Dialogue draws lessons from a diversity of faith traditions to transform conflict, from identifying the root cause of anger to aligning with an energy beyond oneself--what Christians call grace--to the true listening practiced by Buddhist monks. Whether atheist or fundamentalist, Muslim or Jewish, Quaker or Hindu, any reader involved in difficult dialogue will find concrete steps towards a meeting of souls.

Catholicism and Interreligious Dialogue

Catholicism and Interreligious Dialogue
Author: James Heft
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2011-11-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0199827877

Each article is followed by a significant response from a member of the non-Catholic faith community being addressed and by a response to the response by the author of the article.

Second Wave Intertextuality and the Hebrew Bible

Second Wave Intertextuality and the Hebrew Bible
Author: Marianne Grohmann
Publisher: SBL Press
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2019-06-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0884143651

An innovative collection of inner-biblical, intertextual, and intercontextual dialogues Essays from a diverse group of scholars offer new approaches to biblical intertextuality that examine the relationship between the Hebrew Bible, art, literature, sociology, and postcolonialism. Eight essays in part 1 cover inner-biblical intertextuality, including studies of Genesis, Judges, and Qoheleth, among others. The eight postbiblical intertextuality essays in part 2 explore Bakhtinian and dialogical approaches, intertextuality in the Dead Sea Scrolls, canonical critisicm, reception history, and #BlackLivesMatter. These essays on various genres and portions of the Hebrew Bible showcase how, why, and what intertextuality has been and presents possible potential directions for future research and application. Features: Diverse methods and cases of intertextuality Rich examples of hermeneutical theory and interpretive applications Readings of biblical texts as mutual dialogues, among the authors, traditions, themes, contexts, and lived worlds

Luke

Luke
Author: John T. Carroll
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 596
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0664221068

Authoritative commentary on the Gospel of Luke for the New Testament Library series

Catch the Bird but Watch the Wave

Catch the Bird but Watch the Wave
Author: Fatilua Fatilua
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2024-02-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 166678835X

This contextual biblical reading of Luke 18:18–30 (the encounter between Jesus and the rich ruler) foregrounds the political and economic context of the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs). The reading carefully explores the biblical text’s context, an exploration that includes looking at specific intertextual sources and engaging scholars from Asian and African contexts. The reading is then applied to a contextual biblical approach to poverty in Samoan society. The contextual biblical reading resituates the ruler in the Lukan narrative within the context of the household and the institutional constraints of its ecological environment. The theoretical framework for the contextual biblical reading is guided by the Samoan proverb seu le manu ae taga’i ile galu (catch the bird and watch the wave), symbolizing responsibility and restraint in biblical interpretation. At the end of the contextual biblical reading, a new way of reading Luke is presented, and three broad propositions are suggested for further consideration. The main argument of this deep contextual reading of the Lukan passage is that the rich ruler offers a different form of “following,” which is possible by “living responsibly with wealth.”

Toward Decentering the New Testament

Toward Decentering the New Testament
Author: Mitzi J. Smith
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2018-08-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532604653

Toward Decentering the New Testament is the first introductory text to the New Testament written by an African American woman biblical scholar and an Asian-American male biblical scholar. This text privileges the voices, scholarship, and concerns of minoritized nonwhite peoples and communities. It is written from the perspectives of minoritized voices. The first few chapters cover issues such as biblical interpretation, immigration, Roman slavery, intersectionality, and other topics. Questions raised throughout the text focus readers on relevant contemporary issues and encourage critical reflection and dialogue between student-teachers and teacher-students.

Literary Theory and the New Testament

Literary Theory and the New Testament
Author: Michal Beth Dinkler
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2019-11-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0300249470

A comprehensive case for a fresh literary approach to the New Testament For at least a half century, scholars have been adopting literary approaches to the New Testament inspired by certain branches of literary criticism and theory. In this important and illuminating work, Michal Beth Dinkler uses contemporary literary theory to enhance our understanding and interpretation of the New Testament texts. Dinkler provides an integrated approach to the relation between literary theory and biblical interpretation, employing a wide range of practical theories and methods. This indispensable work engages foundational concepts and figures, the historical contexts of various theoretical approaches, and ongoing literary scholarship into the twenty-first century. In Literary Theory and the New Testament, Dinkler assesses previous literary treatments of the New Testament and calls for a new phase of nuanced thinking about New Testament texts as both ancient and literary.