A Great Commission: Christian Hope and Religious Diversity : Papers in Honour of Kenneth Cracknell on His 65th Birthday

by Cracknell, Kenneth; Forward, Martin; Plant, Stephen; White, Susan J.

• ISBN13: 9780820450551
• ISBN10: 0820450553
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(2)
Contributors	11	(4)
Kenneth Cracknell: An Appreciation	15	(14)
Leslie J. Griffiths
Achievements in Interfaith Britain: A Tribute to Kenneth Cracknell	29	(4)
Christopher Lamb
The Interfaith Scene in Britain: A Personal Reflection	33	(14)
Martin Forward
PART I: `Rooted in Worlds of Faith'
Jesus in Islam	47	(14)
Martin Forward
John Wesley as Interreligious Resource: Would You Take This Man To An Interfaith Dialogue?	61	(16)
Rebekah L. Miles
Translating the Gospel Everywhere	77	(14)
G. Egemba Igwe
Wilfred Cantwell Smith: Understanding Worlds of Faith	91	(14)
Jane I. Smith
Seeds of Harmony: Conflict and Cooperation in a Global Religious Perspective	105	(26)
Ursula King
Syncretism, Religious Identity, and Multiple Religious Participation	131	(16)
John Berthrong
How Theologians Decide: German Theologians on the Eve of Nazi rule	147	(22)
Stephen Plant
PART II: Achievements Of The Wider Ecumenism
A Future that may be Greater than it Past	169	(18)
S. Wesley Ariarajah
A Christian Approach to Islam in Africa	187	(14)
Stuart E. Brown
Christians and Religious Pluralism in the Netherlands	201	(24)
Jan Slomp
Religion and Peace Making in South Africa	225	(20)
Gerrie Lubbe
`All Loves Excelling': A Methodist Reflects on Hindu Faith	245	(22)
Eric Lott
Crossing Over and Coming Back: Evangelical Openness and Dialogical Witness in a Multi-faith Context	267	(14)
Israel Selvanayagam
Theological Education in Today's Multi-Religious Setting	281	(16)
M. Thomas Thangaraj
Hindus, Christians and Muslims in South India: Attitudes to Conversion and Other Related Issues	297	(22)
Andrew Wingate
A Theology of Jewish-Christian Dialogue	319	(14)
Edward D. Kessler
Lowering the Drawbridge: Are Hinduism and Christianity Compatible?	333	(18)
Julius J. Lipner
PART III: Hope For The Future
Buddhist-Christian Encounter: Achievements and Hopes in the Sri Lankan Experience	351	(20)
Elizabeth J. Harris
``Read my lips: `You will be cured!''' A Gaudiya Vaisnava Theology of Suffering	371	(18)
Tamal Krishna Goswami
`Posthumus Victories': Christian Worship after the Holocaust	389	(24)
Susan J. White
Interfaith Rites of Passage	413	(14)
Marcus Braybrooke
Inculturation: A Priestly Task	427	(12)
Samuel McBratney
The Renewal of Christian Tradition	439	(18)
Jane Leach
`The Outpourings of the Inner Fire': The Writings of Kenneth Cracknell	457	(16)
Nick Sissons
Tabula Gratulatoria	473	(8)
Bibliography	481