The Boundaries of Monotheism: Interdisciplinary Explorations Into the Foundations of Western Monotheism

ISBN 10: 9004173161 / ISBN 13: 9789004173163

Published by BRILL ACADEMIC PUB, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Boundaries of Monotheism: Interdisciplinary Explorations Into the Foundations of Western Monotheism
• Publisher: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004173161
• ISBN 13: 9789004173163
• Binding: Gebunden
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

What is the significance of monotheism in modern western culture, taking into account both its problematic and promising aspects? Biblical texts and the biblical faith traditions bear a continuous, polemical tension between exclusive and inclusive perceptions and interpretations of monotheism. Western monotheism proves itself to be multi-significant and heterogeneous, producing boundary-setting as well as boundary-crossing tendencies, is the common thesis of the authors of this book, who have been collectively debating this theme for two years in an interdisciplinary scholarly setting. Their contributions range from the fields of biblical and religious studies, history and philosophy of religion, systematic theology, to gender studies in theology and religion.The authors also explain the particular contribution of their own theological discipline to these debates.

About the Author

Anne-Marie Korte is senior lecturer in Systematic Theology at the Department of Religious Studies and Theology of Tilburg University and honorary professor of Women´s Studies in Theology at Utrecht University. She has published extensively in the field of religion and gender and conducts research into contemporary miracle stories. She also edited Women and Miracle Stories: A Multidiciplinary Exploration (Leiden: Brill, 2001).
Maaike de Haardt is Catharina Halkes/Unie NKV professor of Religion and Gender at the Radboud University Nijmegen and lecturer in Systematic theology at the department of Religious Studies and Theology of Tilburg University. She co-edited a.o. Common Bodies: Everyday Practices, Gender and Religion (Münster: Lit, 2002). She writes on everyday life and theology, f.i. “Incarnation in the City? Some Tentative Explorations of the City as a Locus for Theology” (Journal of the ESWTR, 14 (2006) 133-142).