Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: a place for comparative theology in christian systematic reflection 1
4. Part I. Divinity
5. 1. The dance of emptiness: a constructive comparative theology of the social trinity 23
6. 2. Flower and song a comparative study on teotlizing in Aztec theology and Karl Rahner’s view of divine self- disclosure 46
7. 3. Comparative theology and the postmodern god of “perhaps”: a response to sydnor and padilla 66
8. Part II. Theodicy
9. 4. Developing christian theodicy in conversation with Navid Kermani 89
10. 5. Like a dog’s curly tail: finding perfection in a world of imperfection: a Hindu theodicy in the tradition of Sri Ramakrishna 107
11. 6. “Only goodness matters” reflections on theodicy with Klaus von stosch and Jeffery long 126
12. Part III. Humanity
13. 7. Longing and letting go lessons in being human from Hadewijch and Mirabai 149
14. 8. Women’s virtue, church leadership, and the problem of gender complementarity 171
15. 9. Longing and gender a response to holly Hillgardner and Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier 185
16. Part IV. Christology
17. 10. What child is this? Jesus , lord Lao, and divine identity 195
18. 11. Who is the suffering servant? a comparative theological reading of Isaiah 53 after the Shoah 216
19. 12. Response: Christology in comparative perspective 238
20. Part V. Soteriology
21. 13. The way(s) of salvation the function of the law in john Calvin and Abu Hamid Al-ghazali 255
22. 14. Sleeper, awake: considering the Soteriological promise of popular spiritual gurus 274
23. 15. Salvation in the after-living reflections on salvation with Joshua Ralston and Sharon Betcher 296
24. Contributors 317
25. Index 321