Contemporary thought typically places a strong emphasis on the exclusive and competitive nature of Abrahamic monotheisms. This instinct is certainly borne out by the histories of religious wars, theological polemic, and social exclusion involving Jews, Christians, and Muslims. But there is also another side to the Abrahamic coin. Even in the midst of communal rivalry, Jews, Christians, and Muslim practitioners have frequently turned to each other to think through religious concepts, elucidate sacred history, and enrich their ritual practices. Scholarship often describes these interactions between the Abrahamic monotheisms using metaphors of exchange between individuals-as if one tradition might borrow a theological idea from another in the same way that a neighbor might borrow a recipe. This Element proposes that there are deeper forms of entanglement at work in these historical moments.
By:
Rebecca Scharbach Wollenberg (University of Michigan Ann Arbor) Imprint: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 160mm,
Spine: 10mm
Weight: 257g ISBN:9781009517171 ISBN 10: 1009517171 Series:Elements in Religion and Monotheism Pages: 76 Publication Date:25 April 2024 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active