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  • Revelation, the Religions, and Violence
  • Written by author Leo D. Lefebure
  • Published by Orbis Books, April 2000
  • What is the relationship between religion and violence? What sense does it make to proclaim that God has been revealed in a world of many religions and incessant violence? Revelation, the Religions, and Violence provides a timely and unique exploration of
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Forewordxi
Prefacexiii
Acknowledgmentsxvii
1.Revelation, the Religions, and Violence1
Wisdom and Experience1
The Transformation of Catholic Attitudes3
Forms of Dialogue7
The Encounter of the World's Religions10
Religions in a World of Violence13
Rene Girard: Revelation as the Unmasking of Violence16
Evaluation of Mimetic Theory20
Dialogue and Nonviolence23
2.Biblical Revelation and Other Religions25
Method of Contrast26
Rene Girard29
Revelation in the Exodus31
Mount Sinai35
Revelation and the Religions in the Prophets37
The Emergence of Monotheism38
Wisdom in Israel40
Wisdom as Universal Revelation44
Revelation in the New Testament45
Images of Revelation49
Biblical Precedents for Interreligious Dialogue52
3.The Divine Warrior and the Crucified God: Revelation and Violence in the Bible55
Exodus and the Divine Warrior56
Interpreting Israel's Attitudes toward War58
Jonah and Nahum62
The Pathos of God and the Vision of Peace63
The Reign of God Suffers Violence: Revelation and Violence in the New Testament64
John the Baptist65
Jesus and Violence67
Jesus' Relations to "the Jews": The Question of Anti-Judaism in the New Testament70
The Death and Resurrection of Jesus73
The Experience of Paul: The Irony of Revelation76
Biblical Perspectives on Violence81
4.Revelation and Other Religions in the Early and Medieval Church83
Gnosticism83
Marcion of Pontus86
Montanist Prophecy87
Relations to Hellenistic Religions and Philosophy89
Christianity and Judaism90
Augustine94
Christianity and Islam96
Muslim--Christian Encounters99
Jewish--Christian Relations in the Middle Ages102
The Church of the East and Islam103
The Church of the East in China104
Attitudes toward Other Religions in the Later Middle Ages105
Nicholas of Cusa107
The Patristic and Medieval Heritage111
5.Revelation and Violence in the Early and Medieval Church
Interpreting Violence in the Bible113
Early Christians and Military Service115
Revelation and Social Engagement116
Martyrdom and Persecution118
Revelation, Responsibility, and Power in a Christian Empire119
Augustine120
Revelation and Social Engagement in the Middle Ages123
The Holy War in the Middle Ages124
An Ambiguous Heritage128
6.Encountering the Religions of China and India130
Confucianism132
Taoism137
Hinduism142
The Upanishads144
The Bhagavad Gita147
Hinduism and Christianity151
Buddhism153
Suffering157
The End of Suffering158
Meditation160
Nonviolence and Society: Buddhism and Girard162
The Axial Religions164
7.Encounters in a World of Dialogue166
Divergence and Convergence167
John Hick171
S. Mark Heim172
Chaos Theory and the Plurality of Religions174
A Sapiential Approach180
Nicholas of Cusa183
8.Buddhist Awakening and Christian Revelation: A Buddhist--Christian Conversation185
Pre-reflective Experience and Language189
Awakening and Revelation190
Who Is Speaking Here? Becoming What We Are195
Epilogue201
Notes203
Glossary224
List of References226
Index239


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