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The challenges of comparative theology: An assessment of Kärkkäinen's Doing the work of comparative theology
Author(s) -
Hofstad Lynn
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1540-6385
pISSN - 0012-2033
DOI - 10.1111/dial.12602
Subject(s) - parallels , buddhism , hinduism , comparative theology , judaism , comparative religion , islam , sociology , perspective (graphical) , christianity , theology , philosophy , religious studies , work (physics) , epistemology , computer science , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence , engineering
Doing the Work of Comparative Theology by Veli‐Matti Kärkkäinen seeks to do the work of understanding the parallels, similarities, and differences between Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism through comparative theology. Comparative theology differs from comparative religion in that it investigates other religious traditions from the perspective of a particular tradition, rather than approaching all of the traditions from the outside. This approach, however, presents unique challenges, specifically, maintaining the same approach to a topic regardless of the tradition being explored, and presenting each tradition without universalizing the beliefs of the tradition as a whole.