Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Foreword: Some Reflections on Barth and Comparative Theology ix
4. Introduction 1
5. I. Barth and Judaism
6. 1 Comparative Theology, Comparative Wisdom, and Covenantal Logic 19
7. 2 Faith as Immunity to History? Rethinking Barth and Fackenheim 36
8. Response to Part I 57
9. II. Barth and Buddhism
10. 3 Barth’s Theology of Religion and Dōgen’s Nondualism 67
11. 4 Barth and Universal Salvation: A Mahayana Buddhist Perspective 85
12. Response to Part II 105
13. III. Barth and Islam
14. 5 Analogies across Faiths: Barth and Ghazali on Speaking after Revelation 115
15. 6 Karl Barth and Parousia in Comparative Messianism 137
16. Response to Part III 155
17. IV. Barth and Hinduism
18. 7 God as Subject and Never Object to Us: Reading Kena Upaniṣad with Karl Barth and Śaṅkara 163
19. 8 “Do Not Grieve”: Reconciliation in Barth and Vedanta Desika 184
20. Response to Part IV 203
21. V. Barth and African Traditional Religions
22. 9 Speaking about the Unspeakable: Conversing with Barth and Ejizu on Mediated Divine Action 211
23. 10 Humanity and Destiny: A Theological Comparison of Karl Barth and African Traditional Religions 228
24. Response to Part V 249
25. Conclusion. Barth’s Dreams: Religions as Scandal and Parable 257
26. Acknowledgments 265
27. List of Contributors 267