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Listening to God: Using Meta–Terminology to Describe
Revelation in a Comparative Theistic Context 1
Author(s) -
Watson A. J.
Publication year - 2009
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/j.1540-6385.2009.00453.x
Subject(s) - revelation , interfaith dialogue , theism , assertion , epistemology , confessional , terminology , dialogical self , context (archaeology) , philosophy , meaning (existential) , comparative theology , gospel , viewpoints , theology , linguistics , political science , islam , law , computer science , history , art , politics , visual arts , programming language , archaeology
: Starting from the assertion that comparative theology is inherently dialogical in nature, this paper examines the use of non‐confessional meta‐terminology and its application in interfaith dialogue. In so doing, it examines potential meta‐terms for describing revelation as related in the Bhagavad‐Gita, the Qur’an, and the Gospel of John, and concludes that non‐confessional terms aid in the dismissal of normative viewpoints, leading to greater appreciation of commonality and meaning in the truth claims of other faiths and dialogue partners.