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Religion and revelation : a theology of revelation in the world's religions /

"The idea of revelation has played a fundamental role in the history of religion. This book provides a new and detailed investigation of the concept, examining its nature, sources, and limits in five of the major scriptural religions of the world: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Bud...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ward, Keith, 1938- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Series:Gifford lectures ; 1993-1994.
Selwyn lectures ; 1993.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Towards a comparative theology
  • Theological knowledge
  • Revelation and reason
  • Theology as a comparative discipline
  • Part II: Primal disclosures
  • Primal revelations
  • The role of imagination
  • From primal to canonical traditions
  • Part III: Four Scriptural traditions
  • Judaism
  • Vedanta
  • Buddhism
  • Islam
  • Part IV: Christian reflections: revelation as historical self-manifestation
  • Incarnation and history
  • Inspiration and revelation
  • Taking history on faith
  • Incarnation as revelation
  • Part V: Religion after enlightenment
  • The scientific world-view
  • Authority and autonomy
  • Religious diversity
  • The structure of revelatiion.