The Mystery of Faith

Responding to the pressures of current theological-socio-political trends towards an amalgamation of the so-called monotheistic religions (Islam, Judaism, Christianity), the contributions to this volume bring a more critical, philosophical-theological perspective to the widespread common understanding of "Abrahamic" monotheism. The present volume is a study on religious faith under eight specific outlooks on the topic of religion and monotheism. The first step, "What to believe," takes into account that each faith, monotheistic or not, must have a basic code to start with. The second step is based upon the idea that faith, monotheistic or not, is characterized by a certain existential readiness to "leave behind" (a world) in order to "reach out" for new horizons. I call this the "exodus movement" of religious faith. Chapter three, four and five present examples of outstanding figures of Islamic faith like Ibrahim, Ibn Arabi and Hallaj in dialogue with Christianity and Hindu mysticism. Chapter six and seven discuss the "nature" of monotheism. Chapter eight discusses the question of how faith tries to inscribe itself into the first moments of creation, directly after the religious "big bang", so to speak. In the end, we have to ask if faith remains a mystery and whether the original unity that is supposed to keep all these faiths together is more like a construct that, historically, is barely sizable.

ISBN:	9781645755555
Publisher:	Austin Macauley Publishers
Imprint:	Austin Macauley Publishers
Published date:	31 Aug 2021
DEWEY:	202.2
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	288
Weight:	494g
Height:	157mm
Width:	234mm
Spine width:	30mm

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