| Description |
350 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"Consists of the Gifford lectures, given in the University of Glasgow in 1993-4, and of the Selwyn lectures, given at St. John's College, Auckland, in 1993"--Acknowledgements. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Revelation -- Comparative studies.
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| Indexed Term |
Revelation |
| Added Title |
Gifford lectures.
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Selwyn lectures.
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| ISBN |
0198264666 (cloth : acid-free paper) : £30.00 ($65.00 US) |
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0198263759 (pbk. : acid-free paper) : $19.95 |
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