{"product_id":"the-wiley-blackwell-companion-to-comparative-theology-isbn-9781394160570","title":"The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Comparative Theology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn incisive and original collection of the most engaging issues in contemporary comparative theology\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Comparative Theology\u003c\/i\u003e, a team of distinguished scholars delivers a one-of-a-kind collection of essays on comparative theology. Honoring the groundbreaking work of Francis X. Clooney, S.J.—whose contributions to theology and religion will endure for generations—the included works explore seven key subjects in comparative theology, including its theory, method, history, influential contemporary developments, and potentially fruitful avenues for future discussion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe editors provide essays that reflect on the critical, theoretical, and methodological aspects of comparative theology, as well as constructive and critical appraisals of Francis Clooney’s scholarship. Over forty original contributions from internationally recognized scholars and insightful newcomers to the field are included within. Readers will also find: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eInsightful discussions of the larger implications of comparative theology beyond the discipline itself, especially as it relates to educational programs, institutions, and post-carceral life\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRobust promotion of the research methods and critical thinking present in Francis Clooney’s work\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePractical discussions of the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing theological researchers today\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePapers from leading contributors located around the globe, including emerging voices from the global south\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of theology and religious studies, \u003ci\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Comparative Theology\u003c\/i\u003e will also benefit scholars with an interest in comparative religion, interreligious studies, and interreligious theology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn B. Carman and William A. Graham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xvii\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAxel M. Oaks Takacs and Joseph L. Kimmel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Theories and Methods in Comparative Theology 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Five Insights on Method from Comparative Theology 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason W. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Imagining Religion, Intuiting Comparison: Comparing the Roles of Inner Sense in the Scholarship of Jonathan Z. Smith and Francis X. Clooney, SJ 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph L. Kimmel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Resisting Religious Relativism in Comparative Theology 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatherine Cornille\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Grounding Theology of Religions in Comparative Theology: A Fulfillment Model in Reverse 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRuben L.F. Habito\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Beyond the Text: Comparative Theology and Oral Cultures 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNougoutna Norbert Litoing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Faith Seeking Understanding or Understanding Seeking Faith? 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBennett DiDente Comerford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Kinesics, Proxemics, and Haptics: A Sakta Method for Comparative Theology 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePravina Rodrigues\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The Spirituality, Vocation, and Formation of the Comparative Theologian 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 \"The One Who Prays Is a (Comparative) Theologian\": The Spirituality of Francis X. Clooney's Comparative Method 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher Conway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Settling the Seer: \"Deep Learning\" and the Yoga of Slowness 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichelle Bentsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Comparative Theology Embodied: The Mentorship, Methodology, and Ministry of Francis X. Clooney 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatie Mahowski Mylroie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Performance and Engagement: Reconsidering Religious Experience in Contemporary Comparative Theology 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReid B. Locklin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 A Fowlerian Perspective on the Faith of the Comparativist 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eErik Ranstrom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Comparative Theology as Process Not Conclusion: Francis Clooney on the Proper Formation of Comparative Theological Readers 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn J. Thatamanil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Comparative Theology and the Society of Jesus 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Comparing Jesuits: Roberto de Nobili, Henri de Lubac, and Francis X. Clooney 141\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Fredericks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Francis X. Clooney, SJ: Jesuit, Scholar, Missionary 151\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian S. Krokus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Ignatian Tradition and the Intellectual Virtues of a Comparative Theologian 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeng Yin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Wonder Grasps Anything: Punctuation and Patristic Theology in the Early Colonial Philippines 173\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaria Cecilia Holt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV E xpanding on Francis X. Clooney's Corpus 185\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Interpretation of Scripture in the Comparative Theology of Francis X. Clooney 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeo D. Lefebure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 \"Good Dark Love Birds, Will You Help?\": Comparative Reflections on Clooney's His Hiding Place Is Darkness 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKimberley C. Patton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 \"Paradoxology\": The Srivaisnava Art of Praising Visnu 209\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVasudha Narayanan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Hymns on Mary in Hindu--Muslim--Christian Dialogue 225\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKlaus von Stosch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Mary and Motherhood -- A Comparatively Informed Reconsideration 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMara Brecht\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V E xercises in Comparative Theology 247\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Transformational Liberation in the Age of COVID-19: A Comparative Theology of \"the Good Woman\" 249\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTracy Sayuki Tiemeier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 And the Angels Wept: How Jewish and Hindu Narratives May Enrich Each Other 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArvind Sharma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Modification, Emanation, and Parinama-Vada in Medieval Theistic Vedanta and Kabbalah 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIthamar Theodor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Advancing the Ritual-Liturgical Turn in Comparative Theology: Good Friday as a Case Study 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Creative Fidelity in Expanding the Canon 291\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott Steinkerchner, OP and Martin Badenhorst, OP\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Slow Reading of Beautiful Writing: Calligraphy as Vehicle for Comparative Theology 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLucinda Mosher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Joy in the Earth: A Christian Cosmology Based on Agapic Nondualism 313\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJon Paul Sydnor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Perceiving Divinity, Cultivating Wonder: A Christian--Islamic Comparative Theological Essay on Balthasar's Gestalt 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAxel M. Oaks Takacs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Paradoxes of Desire in St John of the Cross and Solomon ibn Gabirol: Thinking with Poetry in Comparative Theology 345\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLuis Manuel Giron-Negron\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Comparative Theology Beyond the Discipline 371\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Locating the Self in the Study of Religion: Francis Clooney and the Experiment of Hindu--Christian Studies 373\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonathan Edelmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Learning Interreligiously as Public Theology: Limits and Possibilities for Institutional Leaders 389\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichelle Voss Roberts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Comparative Theology and Public Theology: In Search of a Responsible Theology Today 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlbertus Bagus Laksana\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 God Meets Us There: Prison as True Home for the Christian Comparative Theologian 411\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark J. Edwards\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII The Past, Present, and Future of Comparative Theology 419\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Comparative Theology Beyond Religionization 421\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarianne Moyaert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Asking an Unusual Question of Kabir and Kazi Nazrul Islam 431\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRachel Fell \u003cb\u003eMcDermott\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Comparative Theology avant la lettre? A Muslim \"Deep Reading\" of the Ramayana in Early Modern South Asia 442\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShankar Nair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Creativity and Resistance in Comparative Theology: Lessons from Eighteenth-Century Korea 449\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWon-Jae Hur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 In Praise of Artisans: Ramon Marti, Georges Anawati, and the Importance of Languages 460\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilhelmus Valkenberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Lectio Divina and Comparative Reading in the History of Christian--Muslim Encounters 470\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRita George-Tvrtkovicì\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Vicarious Voyage: What Difference Does Comparative Theology Make for Theology? 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eS. Mark Heim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Is There or Shall We Need a \"Home\" for Comparative Theologies? A Ru (Confucian) Response to Francis X. Clooney 491\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBin Song\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Comparative Theology After Clooney 501\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHugh Nicholson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Index 510\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 513\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAxel M. Oaks Takacs\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Molloy University and the Editor-in-Chief of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Interreligious Studies\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a comparative theologian and scholar of Islamic Studies and interreligious studies, with an established record of published articles and entries in edited volumes such as the \u003ci\u003eGeorgetown Companion to Interreligious Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBrill Companion to Comparative Theology\u003c\/i\u003e, and Fordham's \u003ci\u003eHow To Do Comparative Theology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph L. Kimmel\u003c\/b\u003e recently completed his PhD in the Study of Religion at Harvard. He teaches part-time at Boston College and serves as an Episcopal priest. In addition to a forthcoming article in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of the American Academy of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e, he has been published in journals including \u003ci\u003eBiblical Interpretation\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Interreligious Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Culture and Mental Health\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eGraduate Journal of Harvard Divinity School\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating compilation of essays addressing essential topics in modern comparative theology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Comparative Theology\u003c\/i\u003e, a team of distinguished scholars delivers a singular and incisive exploration of the topics at the forefront of contemporary comparative theology. The book provides readers with over forty original contributions from leading academics on subjects including the theory, method, and history of comparative theology, as well as discussions of recent developments and controversies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe editors provide essays that reflect on the critical, theoretical, and methodological aspects of comparative theology, as well as essays which examine the groundbreaking scholarship of Francis X. Clooney, SJ. 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