Transformation by Integration: How Inter-Faith Encounter Changes Christianity

By Perry Schmidt-Leukel

A growing number of people experience their own spiritual lives as being inspired by more than one religious tradition. Multi-religious identity formation and double-belonging are obvious signs of a process of significant transformation as a result inter-faith encounter - a transformation that had been expected and positively willed by various inter-faith theologians. "Transformation by Integration" looks more deeply at a number of issues involved, including: What does it mean theologically to move beyond tolerance towards a genuine appreciation of other religions? How can multi-religious identity be assessed theologically? And, will we have to reconsider the widespread dismissal of syncretism? Perry Schmidt-Leukel takes the next theological step on the basis of a pluralist paradigm within the theology of religions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0334043174
• ISBN13: 9780334043171
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: SCM Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.2" x 8.5"