The Boundaries of Monotheism : Interdisciplinary Explorations into the Foundations of Western Monotheism.
Material type: TextSeries: Studies in Theology and Religion SerPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (256 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789047426639Subject(s): MonotheismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Boundaries of Monotheism : Interdisciplinary Explorations into the Foundations of Western MonotheismDDC classification: 201.4 LOC classification: BL221.B68 2009Online resources: Click to ViewContents -- Chapter One A Unique Instability? Exploring the Boundaries of Monotheism. Introduction --- Anne-Marie Korte (Tilburg University & Utrecht University) -- Chapter Two The Boundaries of Israelite Monotheism --- Bob Becking (Utrecht University) -- Chapter Three The Divine Messiah. Early Jewish Monotheism and the New Testament --- Patrick Chatelion Counet (Amsterdam University) -- Chapter Four Monotheistic to a Certain Extent. The 'Good Neighbours' of God in Ireland --- Jacqueline Borsje (University of Amsterdam & University of Ulster) -- Chapter Five The Return of the Gods. The Clash between Monotheism and Polytheism in German Romanticism --- Bert Blans & Marcel Poorthuis (Tilburg University) -- Chapter Six The Unity of God --- René Munnik (Tilburg University) -- Chapter Seven The Whole of Life. Beyond the Boundaries of Monotheism? --- Maaike de Haardt (Tilburg University & Radboud University Nijmegen) -- Chapter Eight One Unique God for All Parts of Life. Reconsidering an Exclusive Tradition --- Kune Biezeveld (Protestant Theological University, Location Leiden) -- Chapter Nine Dialogical Theology as an Answer to the Aporias of Monotheism --- Akke van der Kooi (Protestant Theological University, Location Kampen) -- Chapter Ten God Judging "in the Midst of the Gods" (Psalm 82:1). Confessing to One God after Cultural Monotheism --- Erik Borgman (Tilburg University) -- Chapter Eleven The Boundaries and Gifts of Monotheism. Epilogue --- Anne-Marie Korte (Tilburg University & Utrecht University) -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Name Index.
From an interdisciplinary perspective the authors of this book, scholars in theology and religious studies, give an account of the problematic and promising aspects of biblically based monotheism, considered as a formative religious idea, belief, and practice in Western history and culture.
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